Are You Buried Beneath Trash?

October 12, 2010
By Phoebe Chongchua

I remember as a news reporter covering a story about a garbage man who was believed to be buried alive at a landfill. Somehow the poor man had gotten lost in the trash and fallen into the landfill so deeply that, despite the search efforts, he couldn’t be found and was presumed to have been buried alive. Most all would agree that it would be a horrific death to be buried beneath everyone’s garbage.

Yet, many of us allow garbage to build up in our lives and often we are the biggest culprits of filling up the trash from the inside out. We take the trash out of our kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms, and garages and put it neatly into a garbage can outside and then we feel clean and clear. But when it comes to making an internal sweep of the clutter and trash stashed away in our minds and rupturing our souls, the steel door like that used on a panic room is slammed tightly shut… locking away the garbage to rot inside us all.

You look at the outside of a banana that’s starting to spoil; its beautiful yellow color is now marked with black spots. But you think it’s okay, the spots aren’t too dark, I can still eat it, it’s the only one left it the house and I love bananas on my oatmeal. You open it and inside the true impact and depth of the destruction… a mushy banana that resembles baby food in a wrapper. The rotting, once it was visible on the outside, had already wreaked havoc on the inside of the banana. This is what happens to you when your emotional pain remains unexpressed, unpeeled.

What is your emotional garbage doing to you? How deeply seated are the scars of sibling rivalry; a fight with your spouse; a confrontation with a co-worker; a hated job; an I’m-not-good-enough mentality; the ego-depleting effects of sloping sales or a failing business, the list goes on and on. While it seems good moments wear out and slip away, worries are built with energizer batteries-they’ll outlive you if you let them. Not only do the old worries keep going and going, but there’s an endless supply of new worries in the world.

Yet one of the most inspiring phrases I’ve heard is so grounded in reality that it’s often overlooked. “When bad times happen, remember this too shall pass. When good times happen, remember this too shall pass.”

Life is about change; whether it’s good times or bad, the circumstances will eventually change. If you don’t want to deal with change, get in the box. That’s right; after you’re dead you don’t have to deal with change or stress. However, if you choose to live, then welcome change as an opportunity to grow and develop into the person you’re meant to be because when you let the fear of change rob you of a fulfilling life, life isn’t worth living.

To live with fear is a life half-lived ~ Spanish Adage.

For more stories like this one check out my book, If the Trash Stinks: Take it Out! 14 Worriless Principles for Your Success

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