Life is a mailbox.....

As I opened my gmail account this morning, I found that I had over 10000 mails in my inbox. And the percentage used was only about 25%. And I understand Google increases the capacity as you use. I stop to consider whether I should analyse my mailbox and delete mails to make it appear more managed, and leave it more manageable.

I was sure that most of the mails were junk or spam that I have nothing to do with. I also have a lot of mails that come in because I registered for some newsletter sometime. And a whole lot of forwards from friends. I concluded that the important mails in my mailbox were only a few.

But what were those important mails. I couldn't easily list down what was important. And I don't know whether to spend time deleting unwanted mails so that my mailbox looks cleaner. Because my experience shows that by the time you are cleaning up, more of the junk piles up. And I realise that the good article that I wanted to read is lost in time.

I guess life is like a mailbox......  

We are constantly met with situations which we have to deal with. Life throws at you a whole lot of things; you catch some, you leave some. Some things are good, some things are bad. But there is always so much that you are prioritising almost all the time. But never ever stop to pick up things that you think are unimportant.

It sometimes makes sense to just ignore the unwanted and move on with the good things.  So don't spend time deleting unwanted mails. Spend the same time reading something good. It makes better sense.....

PS: I didn't delete any unwanted mails. And by evening it is at 10200....