On Cluttered Minds

On Cluttered Minds

Dear friend,

We're born free, but we spend our lives becoming hoarders of useless thoughts. Well, please allow me to tell you that a brain full of negativity is like a stomach full of junk food: heavy, slow, and toxic.

Are you a hoarder?

Are you hoarding things in your mind?

I think so. We all do. We are mentally compulsive hoarders, unable to discard useless thoughts, images, feelings, and memories.

But the human mind is an engine, not a storage unit. Yet we persist in stuffing it with worthless things.

You may not be aware of this, but you must remember that everything you stuff in your mind is solid; it hurts, it governs you, and it hinders your will. But you can't free yourself because the hoarding keeps the mind weak and drowsy. Most of this stockpiling comes from our society, TV, family, education, habits, and preferences developed throughout the years.

We're born free, but then, we become hoarders.

Can you progress with your hands tied, your legs tied, deaf, blind, and mute? No. Yet this is what we do daily. We wish to achieve great things, but we do so with brains stuffed and heavy, weighed down by useless baggage.

We're born with a clean mind. So, let's stop for a minute to think about what clutters it: beliefs? Family problems? Inherited baggage? Accumulated grudges? Resentment? Dogmas? Fears? Deceptions? Unfulfilled dreams?

Why do you keep negative things that clog your mind and devour it like parasites?

Stop doing it!

Your mind must be free to move, to think, to analyze, to observe, and to expand. If you allow a negative belief to dominate, you nullify your mind and limit its functions. A brain full of negativity is like a stomach full of junk food: heavy, slow, and toxic.

A free mind doesn't follow obsolete models that won't withstand scrutiny. With their own light, the new generations will create a better world. The first step to free our minds is to free the children's minds. Let them bring their own light to brighten their chosen paths.

And so, I promised myself to declutter my mind as one of my 2026 resolutions. For example, to clean it of regrets, and to limit my time in front of a screen. As we're already in the first half of February, let's see if I can fulfill my own promise. As of now, I still have my mind cluttered, not deciding what to keep and what to throw away. Maybe by April or May, a severe Spring cleaning will do the task.