Thursday 21 August 2008

Are you carrying too much emotional baggage? Lighten up in stages

Is there an area of life that you keep trying to suppress? Trying to pack these unwanted emotions away is like extra baggage in a suitcase that even sitting on top of won't close. It will weigh you down.

I know it's easier said than done... "Let it go", "Move on", "Forgive and forget" sound simple enough. And yet, very few people manage to release all unhelpful feelings, attachments and general baggage.

The Brahma Kumaris' (www.bkwsu.org/uk/welcome) Dadi Janki escaped violence and abuse but fled to safety and, now in her 90s, still travels the world spreading her message of peace, love and non-attachment.

Imagine yourself letting go off that row / heartbreak / betrayal and the feelings of lightness that will follow.

I'm not yet able to release everything but by choosing to get rid of what I can, I'm heading in the right direction. Be gentle with yourself and take small steps into a genuinely lighter life.

© Eve Menezes Cunningham / http://www.applecoaching.com/ 2008.

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