Quote Originally Posted by Duck on Wheels View Post
My Iranian refugee friends have brought with them a splendid tradition for tossing out old trash like this. Some weeks before New Years (Iranian New Year, which is in the early Spring) you plant lots of seeds in pots -- grass seeds, watercress, stuff that greens up fast. On New Years you throw them all out as a symbol of last year's resentments and transgressions, gone, done, over, forgettaboutem. I'm sure there's more to it that this bare bones version, but it does seem a refreshing idea.
my sister and my mother are masters of still being mad about what happened to them when they were six. my mother finally dropped all the complaints about her bad childhood after her mother died at the age of 92.
(she'll still start up about it if you ask her though!!)