Hello friends welcome !

We all have things that we should let go of, material things, but mostly memories that tie us to those material things, that's called attachment, many times we don't let go of things and we look for excuses to keep them with us.

I have a small object that I have kept for 18 years 😱 wow how fast time goes by. It's a neck charm made of a grain of rice inside a capsule of water or oil. My name Ana María is written on the grain, as well as a small island is drawn on it, everything looks beautiful when it floats, of course with time it has lost color and beauty.

That pendant was given to me by a person who became someone special, an ex-boyfriend. Days before giving it to me he had asked me to be his girlfriend and he had also told me that he had a gift for me, I was not sure whether to accept the proposal because I didn't know his family, I didn't like him physically, I only liked his company, then the day I had to give him the answer he decided to take me to his house, introduce me to all his family and give me the gift. Very clever of him 😏😒.

Since they made me feel so good in their home and I liked the gift so much, I couldn't refuse to be their girlfriend 😁😅. The pendant, I didn't wear it that much, I kept it in my jewelry box and now and then I saw it among my things. The relationship didn't last long, only two years, but it was very important to me.

Every time I clean and organize my things, I see the charm and think I should get rid of it, but then I find an excuse and say it's not big, it doesn't take up space and I keep it. Reinforcing my attachment to the memory of that time. There's no point in me keeping it, I don't need it to keep the memory, I don't use it and besides, it's already ugly.

Today I'll let it go from my life, I'll thank it for what it represented and I'll tear it up.

Just as we keep objects, we keep not-so-healthy emotions, we get stuck in our memories and we don't move forward, looking for excuses to hold on to them, we have to let go of everything that doesn't bring us happiness, that which is not used, that which is not useful.

This is my answer to the question asked by @galenkp in the weekend experience community.

Is there something about yourself that you know you should let go of, but haven't been able to? What is it, how does it effect you and why can't you let it go?