There was a time when you could travel and go about life with all of the baggage you wanted. People would simply tolerate your bulk. In the Aquarian Age, there is no room for your baggage, your bulk, or your clutter. People will not entertain the chips on your shoulders nor the negative tapes in your mind. It is nothing personal. The fact is that EVERYONE has issues and baggage to manage. It is selfish to walk into any room or situation and expect for your issues to take precedence over anyone else’s.I never expected anyone to go out of their way to understand my problems, but I did not consider how the feelings brewing beneath my emotionless exterior affected other people. Years ago I began working on myself: psychological counseling, yoga, meditation, body work, prayer, exercise, diet, etc. There still remains room for growth, but I have a better handle on me. I know why I react to situations, and I know how to control what I do and what I say.
My journey has also led me to the understanding that even at my most positive, I can be perceived as negative. For a while it bewildered and frustrated me. Once I arrived at the place in myself that was grounded and sure of my being, I was able to see that there are people who are carrying baggage which hinders them from seeing clearly. Sometimes they cannot see what is going on or the good things that are happening to them because they are holding on to a memory-bag full of unpleasant experiences.
I have given genuine complements that were taken as insults and extended assistance that was taken as patronizing. When we hold love in our hearts, love is what we get. When we hold dislike or distrust in our hearts, that is all we see and experience. I know this, have lived with this and speak the truth of my experience.
I cannot control others, and there are plenty of situations that are beyond my level of coping, but I have authority over myself. Whatever I do I own and take responsibility for.
We all have things we carry around, but let’s not allow those things to get in the way of our appreciating each other and seeing what is really important. Besides, we can’t afford to carry our baggage anymore—it costs too much. Just look at the airlines.
6 comments:
It's true that we sometimes do not realize how our own burden affects others. It is very difficult to ignore our problems no matter where we are. Whether we are in public, at our job, at home, or in class, our burden will always be in our heads as we try so hard to find a solution to our problems. It is a distraction from any other things that we do. Sometimes we do not even realize how bad our problems are, that our heavy burdens cuases us to slump as if we are carrying a heavy backpack on our shoulders. Our faces will start to look dull, having no facial expresion and emotion. It will bring negativity to our daily lives which will reflect onto others that we encounter. It's like a disease.
Vallesteros Yani M. II 4029
In my opinion, I feel everyone is responsible for their actions. That is why it is important to think through anything before saying it or reacting to anything.
People need to adjust their behavior to accommodate others knowing that personal feelings do not reflect reality.
What one person view as a problem may not even matter to the other person. We perceive things as we hold if in our mind.
I treat people the way I will like others to treat me. I am always open and honest to people regardless. I think everyone should put their personal feelings aside and relate well with others.
We live once; we should make the best out of it.
YOU ARE THE SOURCE
After reading this, I have a different focus about my life. I plan to be an achiever.
The steps I am taking to become a person I want to be are.
1.Continue going to school and being very attentive in class, and hope to acquire good knowledge and excellent grades.
2.I will remove every unnecessary distraction on my way and focus on my goal.
3.I will motivate my children to follow my foot steps and make the best out of their lives.
Life is like a load of luggage and I have come to understand this by taking loads and loads of happiness and unhappiness. But regardless, I keep maintaining an empty luggage that will soon be filled up and will be time for me to have another one available.
I agree with the fact that there are people who carry old wounds that hinders them to move on with their lives- I was one of them. But it takes determination and willingness to move on with what is currently taking place. There will always be obstacles in our way and it is just a matter of how we handle it. I personally admit that my old memories was making me blind and I was not seeing clearly. Although, I came realized it in another way something like this post can help someone else realize it too.
M, Granados
English 101
Section 4029
I have definitely been a victim of crippling baggage, and I have also been the bag lady who has missed her bus on several occasions. Your thoughts truly opened my mind and made me realize that it is wrong to think when you are going through something, the next person is not. I have had plenty of selfish moments in my life where I believed that no ones problems could be worse than mine. But I must learn to understand that no one is going to sort my problems, address my issues, and empty my baggage but me. As my midlife creeps upon me I truly need to start thinking of cleaning my slate and dumping off a few bags along the way because I've missed one too many buses during the life I have lived so far.
ylewis4019
I am repying to the bag lady post. I believe that it is a good thaing that there are requirnments on how many bags can be brought with you when traveling. I believe that this will help travelers to only take with them what is needed.
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