“You know, this would go much faster if you would clean out your cache once in a while.” These were the words I received from my husband as he was working on my computer. My response was, “My what?” He was telling me that my computer was running slow because of all of the unnecessary files in my cache. There were files that I didn’t need or use that were still in my computer memory that were clogging it up and keeping my computer from running as it was intended to. The worst part was that I had no idea that they were there.
My computer issue mirrored life a bit. We have a lot of things that are in our memory cache whether we are aware of them or not. These are the things that drag us down or keep us so busy that we don’t have time for the tasks that are in front of us. I am not saying they all need to be deleted, some just need to be filed away into the right spot. Going through all of this can be an overwhelming task but if done on a regular basis, it will allow us to keep doing what we were purposed to do. As with my computer, this process takes time.
What do these files in our lives contain? These include past failures, successes, other people’s successes and failure, and don’t forget the Shouldof’s and Couldov’s. They contain hurts and happiness (that we wish we had again). They also hold hopes and ways of achieving goals. They are not always a negative thing, they are often full of information we needed at a time that we keep holding on to just because we don’t recognize it as being there and that it is guiding our lives.
We all have a lot of stuff going on in the background of our lives that affect what is on the screen. This leads me to two questons that I need to ask myself on a regular basis, "Am I working as I was intended to" and if not, “Am I willing to clean out the cache?”
