Thursday, January 17, 2013

Boxes (That was then, this is now!)


Last year around this time, a friend and I were discussing some boxes we still have over our parent’s houses.  Well she took one home over her Christmas holiday.   She told me as she was browsing through it she couldn’t believe some of the stuff she saved.  It got me thinking about how cool this was that as she went through this box.  Also that she is not the same person that she was back then.  Transformation has happened!  I’m wondering if you went through some of the boxes that you have saved what would you find?   Would you find that you are different?  I hope so!
I’m continually going through some of the boxes in my life.  I’m glad that the cover is on the past boxes and I am in a new box now.  The box I’m creating now is my own personal box.  Things that I’m starting to gather are books and journals and ideas.  The receipts are calculated and recorded.   The things that are not there are my pains and failures from the past, because that’s the old story.   My life is so dramatically changing every day.   Mostly my new box is about the new me.  What about you what new box are you creating?
More importantly why I mention this whole box thing.  I would venture to say that most of us, including myself have come a long way in our lives.  Over the past year I had many adventures.  I stated last year I’m of belief that on January 2013 that I will be so much different than my box of January 2012.  I am not disappointed.  My box is awesome.  I’m right where I’m supposed to be.    So I find myself in a new box again, which is mostly unwritten.   I’m excited about the new things that I will be packing into my box.  I know it will be vibrant and it will have great impact on life and encourage more change for the year to follow.
Some thoughts I am pondering as I realized  this transformation happens and how I will again be evolving into a person with a new box.  I am no longer holding on to the old boxes!  What about you?  What boxes are you holding on to?   What really needs to be saved from the past?   What will I continue to add to the new box?  What will you continue to add?  What will I look like after the box is closed and tucked away in some attic?  I would love to hear your thoughts on this.  Please drop me a few lines in response to this!