letting go

'train yourself to let go of what you fear the most to lose' was always one of my favourite quotes, as i have a huge problem with letting things go. perpetually holding on and clinging to them, i am often stressed out and anxious. lately, i'm trying to convince myself to change my routines, escape my own patterns and cherish changes. the trick, i think, is in respecting and being thankful for the things you love, but knowing when it's time to let them become memories, glowing from the past. you can live without anything. even without things you fear the most to lose. as frusciante puts it: 'what is anything anyway but a series of things running through your brain?' it's a lesson i hope to learn through the years.

september sentiment

changes are good, or at least so they say, though the change of summer into autumn is one of my least favourite changes. i like autumn, don't get me wrong, it's just that i like summer so much more.

september always gets me thinking about the plans for the coming season, the coming year. what would i like to change? what are my goals? where will i be next september? and it also brings back memories of all the past septembers, which usually gets me freaking out about the passage of time, my age and getting old(er).

so september is a sort of a reality check after the dreamy summer for me. it's a time to make up my mind and sort things out. it's time for changes, for the better i hope.