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Baggage On the Tracks

Hey! So the other day I was out and about (yep, that's still a thing) and happened to see this:


And of course, it got me thinking, hmm, wonder what that was about? Lots of thoughts came to mind but then I keyed in on this one thought - maybe it was too heavy to carry around, so they left it there...

I mean, bags/baggage can be and often is quite heavy. Big or small, we normally find ourselves adding so many items into the bag, most of the stuff we add we don't even use (like that extra 4 bottles of hand sanitizer, 6 bottles of water, etc rolling around in your bag right now) Next thing you know that bag is weighing us down. And that weight? That weight can keep us from moving forward - from progressing towards future successes. 

All that extra stuff that you've chosen to carry around does its job of dragging you down into a place that seems almost impossible to emerge from. And don't even get me started on what carrying all that baggage into a new relationship can do. Suffice it to say, it's not pretty.

So I encourage you to get rid of that baggage...all those things that are potentially holding you back and weighing you down. 

What things? Ok, glad you asked (smile) How about things like disappointments and hurt feelings?

~What about that job you wanted but didn't get?
~or that time you wanted an "A" on that 20 page thesis that you spent days working on, but got a C?
~That spot on the football team, dance team, cheer squad that you didn't get?
~Or how about that time you wanted to be Homecoming King/Queen and they chose someone else?
~Maybe someone said you weren't cute, handsome, pretty, beautiful (they were wrong BTW)
~Or that breakup/divorce that you didn't want or see coming?
~How about that time your friends turned out NOT to be your friends?

All those things that you find yourself adding to that already heavy bag...Stuff like ~regret       ~mistakes     ~being passed over    ~overlooked ~overthinking    ~fear     ~mistakes    
~feeling like you're not enough - Hey, why are you measuring yourself with someone else's yardstick or ruler, anyway?

I invite you today to take that over-stuffed bag packed with all those things weighing you down, holding you back - PUT IT DOWN. We are leaving that baggage here on the tracks. We are boarding the train to tomorrow and we don't need old baggage weighing us down. 


All aboard!!!! Destination? A happy future...

Let's go!!!



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