LETTING GO OF EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE

Guys! I just wanna share this one piece of story or i dont know what shall I call this. This is regarding what one of our priest has relented to us during a homily. A woman once went to a therapist and unberdened herself of her bitterness and anger,or even hatred toward the person who caused her so much pain. She was extremely unhappy. the source of her unhappiness lay in her broken marriage and inability to let go of it. During the counselling sessions, the traditional therapy could not help her. So the counselor suggested a unique approach. He handed her a brick, saying it symbolized her old relationship. He instructed her to carry it in her purse for the next seven days. As the week went on, the woman's purse seemed to grow heavier and heavier. by lugging the brick all around all week, she soon understand what the therapist was trying to convey her, namely, that holding on to a negative feeling was helping her the least. Befor long, she was ready to relinquish those feelings and decided to end the heavy burden by throwing away the brick. She was able to let go of the failed relationship and the excess emotional baggage that went with it, allowing her to move on to write new chapter on her life. What was it was trying to say? Well, in life, we come along to a variety of hurts and wounds, just what it is in a broken marriage. It can also be a death of a loved on, a business that failed, a courtship that began well but turned sour, an injustice done, an insulting remark. These are normal experiences to which we are vulnerable as humans. The trouble is that some people continue to carry the burden of feelings of bitterness and anger. Such emotional baggage becomes a heaavy load. When this happens, remeber the message of the brick. So to those who are having loads of emotional baggage, think about this. Learn to move on and let go of the bad things that had happen. Look on the brighter side.

Thank you for this...for me, my emotional baggage is one of insulting remarks against my character and personality, and lots of injustices done...the brick is a heavy one...yet I hereby take it out of my baggage...and...throw the brick the hell out!!!!!!!..............

Wow-thanks for sharing this....I found it very insightful and something I need to keep in mind.

I tend to always hold onto everything, especially the bad and it defintly does weigh me down, now, when I start letting this happen, I just have to think of this.

And, I may just try the brick in the purse thing for alittle-to remind me, lol!

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