Rid yourself of the negatives in life
LaTonya Dunn
In the last column, I briefly described the major processes of the excretory and digestive systems by which the human body rids itself of waste products and toxins. What we learn from the excretory and digestive systems of our bodies is that, one, we need a way to filter what comes in so that we keep the good that can be used and, two, we need a way to dispose of, or eliminate the waste products that can make us ill. I talked about the necessity of these processes to our physical health and then highlighted how these provided us with critically important clues to our mental and emotional health as well. Using the excretory and digestive systems as a metaphor, I suggested that similar processes must take place in our minds, a kind of mental filtering system, to help keep us well and balanced.
One example from before was how we go throughout life hearing and taking in messages from the many different people in and out of our lives and how among those various messages, some are useful and some are not. Those that are useful most often serve us well and those that are not useful can become toxic to us if we are unable to allow them to fall away or float on through. Another example I gave was how when we carry around secrets, anger, and resentments and they have no place to go or no room to become something different, they build-up and makes us
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