Throw Out Fifty Things by Gail Blanke

Author:Gail Blanke [BLANKE, GAIL]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SEL031000
ISBN: 9780446544344
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2009-03-20T04:00:00+00:00

Review this statement every morning: I will not compare myself with others, nor them with me. I will appreciate myself and others for what I and they contribute.

The point isn’t whether or not I’m Einstein or Monet, or even Posh Spice. The point is that I am living now and that I have precious gifts to give and precious time to give them. So I’ll give them now. Period.

Are you thinking of something right now that could be really, really hard for you to let go of? I am—and I need to get it off my chest.

I told you about my brother, Jay, in chapter 7 when I discussed unpacking his marvelous paintings that had been stored in my garage for years. As you recall, my family and I lost Jay, a navy pilot, my senior year in college when his fighter jet crashed into the Mediterranean. He was twenty-four years old. We were an incredibly close family, and Jay was not only my hero but my best friend. I would have given my life for him… and I’ve been angry for a long time because I wasn’t given the chance. I thought if one of us wouldn’t be allowed to make it, for one reason or another, it would and should have been me. It’s not that I undervalued myself, it’s just that I valued Jay so highly. It’s not that I feel I haven’t made contributions to the world, I’ve just always thought his contributions would have been much greater. And right now, as I’ve been writing this chapter, it occurs to me that I need to let go of comparing who I am with what my brother might have been. And that I need to finally, after all these decades, let go of the anger I’ve felt for not being able to give my life in exchange for his. It will be hard. But it’s time to do it. So I will.

If you’ve got some old inadequacy that still haunts you, still weighs you down and makes your heart heavy, this is the time to let it go. And you can do it. We can do it together.

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