In the Stone Age of word processors, when you inserted a sheet of paper in a typewriter, you’d better be sure of what you were going to type before you pressed a key… That’s because there was practically no turning back. I mean, erasing even one letter was torture. The erase tape never worked right, and when it did, it would still leave a visible stain — the evidence that incriminated you as a mediocre typist. It would make you wonder if all that hard work was really worth it.

But today, thanks to IBM, inventors of the word processor, I can type away whatever comes to my mind as I write this blog without much worry because, if on a second reading I don’t like what I wrote, hallelujah! I have the delete key!

Even more useful is the “delete” key in your brain. Not so simple to access, and not always as fast as the one on your keyboard, the “delete” key in your brain is your ability to decide to delete something from your mind. You can delete evil thoughts, irrelevant people, destructive criticism, a hurtful past, and everything else that is just useless or too trashy to occupy your mind.

“But wait a minute”, you may say, “Not everything can be deleted from our mind”. That’s true. Sometimes it is engraved in our memory and we just can’t forget it. But we can decide to focus on something more productive, rather than on something worthless. The result is the same.

I probably wouldn’t write a daily blog if there weren’t a delete key on my keyboard. And living my life without a delete key in my brain, it’s just out of the question.

P.S. The delete key was used 27 times in this article.