In real life, in order to protect our work and living environment, it is necessary to timely remove construction waste and household waste. In order to create our interpersonal communication environment and create a good public opinion atmosphere, it is necessary to clear away language garbage, text garbage, and yellow garbage. And emotional garbage, which poses a great harm to family life and people's health but is not widely recognized, is also among the garbage that must be cleared away.
Emotional garbage refers to negative emotions that affect physical and mental health, such as disappointment, dissatisfaction, jealousy, anxiety, confusion, helplessness, fear, melancholy, and inexplicable worries. Calling these negative emotions garbage means that they not only bring pain to oneself but also "infect" others. The first ones to be "infected" are usually family members.
Some people can tolerate annoying things at work or in society, but once they return home, they can no longer hold it in and vent their frustrations on their family members. It seems that family members should be their punching bags. As a result, everyone in the family becomes unhappy, which destroys the joyful atmosphere of the family.
There are many reasons for emotional garbage, but the main reason lies in our way of thinking and dealing with the world, including the inability to correctly understand and deal with objective things in life.
In real life, "things not going as planned" is quite common. There are always frustrations and dissatisfactions that we encounter. Especially in the new situation of market economy, various changes in conflicting relationships and interest patterns can indeed bring many unexpected confusions and frustrations. If we cannot correctly understand and deal with them, especially for the elderly who have left their work positions, due to the change of social roles and living environment, they have more leisure time and a relatively smaller emotional exchange circle.
Without sufficient mental preparation and scientific psychological adjustment for retirement and old age, it is inevitable to feel lost and lonely, and it is easier to generate emotional garbage. This requires us to improve our ability to bear and resolve difficulties.
The same event can cause some people to worry constantly and be in a state of melancholy, while others can remain calm and "not be delighted by external things, nor saddened by personal setbacks." The key lies in being able to face troubles and misfortunes with an optimistic attitude and to achieve detachment and clarity of goals, thereby freeing oneself from worries and grievances.
A person's mind is like a garden. If we want our mental garden to be beautiful, we must be diligent gardeners. We must not only regularly fertilize and prune the flowers and plants but also constantly remove weeds. Our own mental garden depends on ourselves to manage. We need to constantly water the flowers of ideals, love, tolerance, and struggle, and regularly remove the weeds of laziness, complacency, and indulgence. The purpose of doing so is only one, which is to have a healthy mind and a healthy body accompany us at all times.
