How much baggage do you have?

I had a lovely 2 night cruise trip this week and was told there was no weight restriction so I waaay over packed! Mainly because I could and you can't always count on the weather. Plus I always get cold so thought why not have options.

Anyway carrying my bags and pulling my suitcases along the tunnel to the cruise I started thinking about if I needed it all. The longer I was walking with them all the harder it was getting, they felt heavier and more of a strain on my back.

I also had another case like this one but slightly smaller!!

It got me thinking about what we carry around with us on a daily basis as emotional baggage.

Imagine just a small dispute with someone that wasn't resolved and you felt betrayed or maybe something upset you. Now imagine those feelings in your hand, how heavy would it feel? Give it a weight and feel what it's like to hold it with your arm out. This may not feel heavy yet as it's small but the longer you hold onto it the heavier it gets.

If this was a bigger problem in your life and caused you more pain and anguish how heavy would that be in your hand?

Obviously we don't carry our problems in our hands like that but its just to get you thinking about how something can seem insignificant at first but start to weigh you down. These situations we may find ourselves in leave an imprint on our brain. Can you imagine how foggy our brains are from everything we store there?

The thing is we are not taught that we don't need to carry this all around with us. We can set it down, and let it go. Instead we are taught to worry and surrounded by a society that thinks if you don't worry you don't care. (that's for a whole other blog lol)

Imagine finally letting go of something you've been holding onto for so long. How good that would feel.

Here's the catch and the reason I believe people choose not to let go of their baggage. Firstly it's not easy, you have to go through the boxes in your brain, look at your memories feel the emotions and acknowledge them to let them go. For some people they feel this is too hard to open up old wounds so to speak. But it's part of the healing process. Also a lot of people are afraid of change. Maybe believing that they're friends and family around them won't still like them if they change. (because you do change, letting go of all the crap, you feel so much happier it's like a new lease of life!) My answer to that would be you gotta do you. If you want to improve your mind and have a clear out to start living a more positive lifestyle then go for it!

I will be honest though I have lost people on my journey that I thought I wouldn't but so be it. Everything happens for a reason and people will come and go in your life. Some will stay and grow with you, but as you step in to your power an become a greater and greater version of yourself some will gradually slip away. But that's OK don't let it put you off. If people are meant to be in our lives then they will be.

Anything that isn't helping you let it go! I find since learning this and clearing out a lot it's better to keep on top of things. So when a situation occurs I deal with it head on, I don't let things linger anymore to fester away in my brain. I take some time to think about the situation whatever it may be then I make a plan. Then I execute the plan calmly.

If there's not actually anything I can do then I just make peace with it and ask my angels to help the situation for the highest good of all involved. Then I let it go.  I don't carry on thinking what if this or what about if I do it this way. I decide and commit. The more you go over an over something the more stressed you get. It's not a nice feeling. So let go of the baggage. Even if its just for an hour to give your mind a break. But if you can start clearing it out, I highly recommend it.

With a clear mind just imagine the possibilities! Xxxx