​Is It Time for a New Suitcase? By Pennie Hunt

Recently, I bought a new suitcase. It is red, shiny, and ready to go on my next adventure. I said goodbye to my old one as it was carried away in the garbage pick-up a few weeks ago.

It was worn, beat​-up, dirty, and tired. Tired of being thrown around. Tired of​ being dragged behind me every place I went. Tired of holding all my old baggage.

We all have baggage. We carry it in backpacks, weighing down our shoulders. We hold baggage in our hearts and minds. And we drag it behind us wherever we go.
As years pass, we add to it. We stuff bitterness, anger, disappointment, heartbreak, fear, and grudges into our suitcases. We shove, squeeze, and sit on it to zip it closed. Only to open it when there is more to add. Then the stuffing begins again.

The baggage gets fuller and heavier until something breaks. The zipper explodes to expose all the past pain we carry.

Does this sound familiar?

​Is it time for a new suitcase? We all have bad things happen to us. Some are tiny pebbles that bruise our feet as we walk. Some are rocks that we need to bend over and move. Some are boulders that require us to get out the climbing gear, buckle up, and work to get up, over, and past them.

None of it comes with directions, and certainly none of it comes with the requirement of loading the pebbles, rocks, and boulders into a suitcase to drag for the rest of our lives. And yet, that is what we do.

What if you dumped it all out onto the floor right now? Let the boulders roll and the rocks and pebbles kick up dust as they all fall before you. Now, wipe the dirt out of your eyes and look deeply. Think about how long ago some of these things happened to you. I suspect most of it happened years ago. Some may feel like they occurred a lifetime ago.

​Study your pile of stones. Has it been worth the effort to carry them? Is the bitterness, anger, and fear worth the years you have given them? Are the grudges and heartbreaks still valid?   

When you carry weight like this for years on your back or drag it behind you, one of two things happens. You become hunched over in fear, hiding from living a full life. Or you are pulled backwards from the weight of dragging all that baggage. Either way, you are stuck in yesterday and cannot move forward to enjoy today or even think about tomorrow.

Is it time to walk away from the load you are carrying? Put your worn, beat-up, dirty, tired baggage on the curb for the next garbage pick-up.​ Buy yourself a shiny new empty suitcase with fancy wheels to roll alongside you easily and not weigh you down. Get ready for your next adventure. Fill it up with all new wonderful memories and experiences. Stand up straight and take that new suitcase forward to a new life.
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                            Don’t let the baggage of yesterday take away today. 
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