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.