To keep or to delete? How long is to long to still have photos of an ex or a "jump off" in your phone? Is holding onto the pictures proving that you are still hoping for something to happen or still wishing to relive the moments that are dead and gone? If you are trying to move on with someone new yet you continue to hold onto something old are you holding yourself back? When I scroll thru my photos I see pictures of possibilities that didn't happen, exes, good times of what never became great times for whatever reason and much more. So to keep or to delete?
What reasons would you have to keep the photos? Black mail? Relive the moments? Prove a point? Not realizing that sometimes keeping the photos can be hurting your forward progression in life, with love and just mentally. How many memories start to flow when you scroll thru those photos and you think to yourself "damn it wasn't all bad" and right there at that point you try to convince yourself of how it could have worked out, things you could have done differently, or they could have done differently or start to question as to if maybe it was you or what's wrong w you for it to not have worked out. Right there at that moment, you withdraw from yourself, you love yourself a bit less, you question love a bit more, you allow worry to enter into both your heart and mind. So why do we keep the photos in our phone? Why do we keep the photos in old photo albums? Are we just wanting to hold onto memories that we know will never come back no matter how much we may want it to or are we holding on with hopes to relieve these moments once again?
To keep or to delete? I know it seems like life may end if and when we delete but think of it like this, that chapter of your life has already ended so why keep opening up that book/chapter that no longer serves purpose in your life anymore. We are now moving onto writing a whole NEW chapter in our lives .... let us DELETE and move on. I believe what lies ahead is truly better than what we have left behind ..... <3
Since I've been on and off with photography throughout the years I've captured tons of pics. I tend to keep the photos of ex's I'm cool and cordial with but wouldn't have an issue discarding if my significant other was uncomfortable. To me the photos are just memories.
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