So because I have an abnormally random train of thought, my mind sometimes conjures up some pretty interesting stuff...usually completely unprovoked, bear with me.
I'm going though a weird gardening phase...(whatever, sometimes a 19 year old girl needs to bring out her inner granny, its not like I was knitting or anything crazy like that...I may have been baking though) anyways, I was thinking about life, which often brings up some pretty intense and confusing metaphors.
When a fruit goes moldy you have to take it out of the basket so it doesn't spread to the others. They were just moldy fruit.
*Que flickering mental light bulb*
Okay, so maybe It's not the brightest metaphor...But it kind of hit me like a brick... (just let that simile paint you a picture of how forcefully my mind was mugged by this seemingly irrelevant metaphor)
So at this point in my ramblings you are probably wondering what the heck am I actually even taking about...don't worry, you're not alone, I often do this too.
Have you ever experienced a circumstance so toxic that it infects other aspects of your life with its disease ridden negativity. I'm not necessarily talking about a person, this could be a memory, job...animal? who knows.
Usually It's a person though. Have you ever heard of the bad apple metaphor, actually there's probably a few of those floating around out there, so obviously my thought wasn't very original, but at the time (2am) that I thought it it felt new to me. Anyways the 'bad apple' metaphor is based on the knowledge that a single rotten apple in a barrel of apples will spread it's disease, and eventually ruin the entire shipment. I work in the packaging department of a factory, so take this from a self proclaimed professional, this is serious stuff!
All those times when you cut someone or something out of your life because you could feel it spreading and taking over the good things in your life.
Maybe an (ex) girlfriend was completely taking over your life, taking over your social time with friends, your private time, and your school time because she was so needy...yes...I can admit to being a bad apple once. I'm pretty sure I can actually feel all the cyber stares and judgements seeping to me through my keyboard, so for the record I'm not like that anymore. I'm far more independent, self reliant and not at all desperate like I used to be, and there's someone pretty special who can vouch for that.
So if your noticing a negative circumstance in one aspect of your life, that may be starting to spread and corrupt other aspects of your life, It may be time to sift though some metaphorical apples.
Peace and Love my darlings!! <3 (this article is proof for why you shouldn't be allowed within typing distance of a computer when your tired and feeling philosophical)
I'm going though a weird gardening phase...(whatever, sometimes a 19 year old girl needs to bring out her inner granny, its not like I was knitting or anything crazy like that...I may have been baking though) anyways, I was thinking about life, which often brings up some pretty intense and confusing metaphors.
When a fruit goes moldy you have to take it out of the basket so it doesn't spread to the others. They were just moldy fruit.
*Que flickering mental light bulb*
Okay, so maybe It's not the brightest metaphor...But it kind of hit me like a brick... (just let that simile paint you a picture of how forcefully my mind was mugged by this seemingly irrelevant metaphor)
So at this point in my ramblings you are probably wondering what the heck am I actually even taking about...don't worry, you're not alone, I often do this too.
Have you ever experienced a circumstance so toxic that it infects other aspects of your life with its disease ridden negativity. I'm not necessarily talking about a person, this could be a memory, job...animal? who knows.
Usually It's a person though. Have you ever heard of the bad apple metaphor, actually there's probably a few of those floating around out there, so obviously my thought wasn't very original, but at the time (2am) that I thought it it felt new to me. Anyways the 'bad apple' metaphor is based on the knowledge that a single rotten apple in a barrel of apples will spread it's disease, and eventually ruin the entire shipment. I work in the packaging department of a factory, so take this from a self proclaimed professional, this is serious stuff!
All those times when you cut someone or something out of your life because you could feel it spreading and taking over the good things in your life.
Maybe an (ex) girlfriend was completely taking over your life, taking over your social time with friends, your private time, and your school time because she was so needy...yes...I can admit to being a bad apple once. I'm pretty sure I can actually feel all the cyber stares and judgements seeping to me through my keyboard, so for the record I'm not like that anymore. I'm far more independent, self reliant and not at all desperate like I used to be, and there's someone pretty special who can vouch for that.
So if your noticing a negative circumstance in one aspect of your life, that may be starting to spread and corrupt other aspects of your life, It may be time to sift though some metaphorical apples.
Peace and Love my darlings!! <3 (this article is proof for why you shouldn't be allowed within typing distance of a computer when your tired and feeling philosophical)