Friday morning I was emptying the trash can and recyling can underneath my desk at work, and it struck me how different its contents are today than 3 months ago. Back then it would have been Coke cans, a paper Starbucks cup or two, Subway and Wendys boxes, soup cans and a couple of candy wrappers along with work papers. Now it is an orange peel and an empty raw almonds baggie; the rest was work papers.
In fact, I realized that I empty my trash can much less often these days. The metaphorical significance of this was not lost on me.
