My friend and I first cast a circle then we used an egg to clear us all of negativity then blew our negative thoughts into it. The egg had no blood so all was cleansed! It was an interesting spell that we had sitting around awhile ago and unfortunately I no longer have the link to where it came from.
After this, I lit a candle along with the incense that had been burning the entire time. The night prior I had written down all of the things I wished to improve on and eliminate from my life as the first part of this ritual. Then today I burned that paper to show they were disappearing. I spoke from the heart and pushed my negative feelings into a rock that we'll later through to the bottom of a lake to help purify it and improve my well-being.
We sat there for a long time, simply imagining positive things and the bad going away. We felt very empowered and all the while I was consecrating a ring in blessed water along with representations of all the elements so that while I wear this ring I will feel confident and strong.
After all was done, the paper was completely burned - save for this piece:

Is it just me or when it's opened up does it look like an elephant with an animal on each side watching it? I thought this was pretty awesome and a sign that this spell went very well. The ring I'm wearing even feels very empowered.
I just had to share because it was so interesting! Now off to figure out what the elephant symbolism could possibly mean. We had a few ideas, but I'm going to keep exploring!