Picture to Burn🔥

A few years ago I was in what I would consider rock bottom for my life so far. I was extremely depressed, I was harming myself, and I was not taking care of my body. I came up with what I thought, at the time, was a great idea. I took all my pictures, yearbooks, awards and threw it all in a barrel. I lit it all on fire and watched my entire life go up in flames. I took my field hockey stick to a tree and broke it into as many pieces as my life was in. I thought if I got rid of all physical evidence of my past that it would just go away. I was wrong. What's worse is that there were just as many good memories associated with those same items. I had to understand that no matter how hard I tried, I can't erase my past. None of us can. The goal should not be to forget anything, but to accept everything. Accept what happened but know that it doesn't have to control you. I spent a large portion of my life allowing things to break me down. I had to learn to let it go; let it go mentally. It's still hard sometimes, but it gets easier every day. It can for you too.