Lightening the load

Most people carry some amount of emotional baggage around with them from day to day. Some are blessed with ability to travel fairly light on their journey through life, freely discarding the thoughts and memories which weigh them down. Others are weighed down by an ever-increasing amount. Sometimes when we start to unpack our baggage, we are surprised by what we find there. Guilt-laden memories, decades-old hurts, failed relationships, past regrets, those words that we feel should have remained unsaid. We struggle to forgive ourselves and then remain unable to forgive others in turn. It’s time to lighten the load.