Each of us carries on his back, in the form of emotional bag, the weight of lived situations. This bag is full of memories and experiences of different sizes that we have left inside and reflected on our skin.
If we do not learn to empty our bag toxic and negative experiences, the more time will pass and the more the bag will be loaded: then we will have to bear a greater weight and this will have repercussions on our state of mind and our relations.
Wearing our emotional bag without going out from time to time what is inside leads to emotional wounds that must be treated.
The weight of our bag
In today's world, we tend to overload ourselves, both professionally and emotionally. Every experience we experience leaves a mark, one way or another. The bottom line is that this trace serves to motivate and grow us instead of creating chains that imprison us in the past because of their emotional weight.
There is a difference between moving forward with emotional wounds that open and hurt and move forward with wounds that have been healed and have given us the opportunity to learn.
The specter of guilt, the feeling of betrayal or abandonment, the critical voices, the emptiness of absences or the weight of frustration, among others, add weight to this bag, make us progress slowly and prevent us from taking advantage of life. Just like the experiences that define us and transform us, by configuring a part of our history. But how do you get rid of it if this bag comes to be part of us?
Search through your bag and think about what you see, whether it's the things you've placed yourself or the things that others have put down. Take your time. Even if you do not see it, you wear it everyday. Keep in mind that many of your reactions are due to the weight you support: to relieve it, you will have to learn to differentiate between what helps you and what hinders you. Wearing your bag while suffering is a burden for all the goals you seek to achieve.
Empty your emotional bag to move forward
Do not let your bag become so heavy that you can not move and see life as a burden. Do not lose the urge to move forward and do not leave your present in the clutches of the past. Do not force yourself to forget either because oblivion is not the friend of intention.
Even if removing things is complicated and saddens you, you have to do it to learn to grow instead of stuck at where you are. The first step is to recognize what creates this weight and to accept it.
You may even be overwhelmed by a sense of identity and attachment that prevents you, at first, from getting rid of the weight of your emotional bag. This vertigo is nothing but disguised fear, the consequence of routine: you are so used to these wounds that, if they disappear, you have the impression of no longer exist and you see a vacuum to be created. But believe me, it's all about fear of uncertainty and the unknown, the fear of taking a course.
Learn how to empty this bag by removing everything that binds you to the past and exhausts you. Accept your mistakes, identify and learn about your emotions, give wings to your dreams, discover your strengths, value yourself and, above all, know that to grow means to accept what is happening to you and not to fight against it but simply to see it.
education. Remember that leaving something behind is not just a goodbye: it's also a gesture of appreciation for what you've learned so you can keep moving forward.
Letting go of the weight of our emotional bag that paralyzes us is a big step to allow other feelings and experiences to come in: some will help us to continue to grow and we will have to care for others, as well life. Get rid of the weight that paralyzes you, for your good and that of your back.