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Bowls of heart pocket talismans have been gathering in the studio filled with the words and phrases kindred spirits are holding close this year. What is your word? You can find the talismans right here.
the lessons
repeated over and over
this time will I learn
to let go
believe that I do not have to fix
everything and everyone
breathe more
talk less
see it for what it is
don't pack the "stuff" of others
into my backpack
my baggage of life
just carry my own stuff
heavy enough
remember the tools I have with me
all the time
the knowledge
I carry within me
in every moment
you have it in you
too
listen
sit quietly and
listen
we will both learn
liz lamoreux
Reader Comments (9)
I think the physical things I keep adding to my backpack, the notebooks, the granola bars, the marbles, the reandom stuff, I think these are the excuses I give for the emotional stuff I carry around. Maybe I need to leave my backpack at home for a day and see how it feels.
bella - thank you for getting it. I sometimes think I carry a backpack but also pull a huge trunk of all my stuff...some days are lighter than others.
I'll definitely accept this invitation! My pack is quite heavy as it is but I'm also always asking others if they want me to carry theirs. I need to remember that they are quite capable of carrying their own by themselves.
My friend, my backpack MUST be why I have shoulder and neck pain!! I've packed it shut for a lifetime for myself and my whole family and it's only now, lately, that I've been lightening its load. It's an arduous task trying to lighten the load but well worth it and I hope to be finished (although i'll always have a little, manageable load) very soon!
Have you ever noticed how the larger your handbag, the more crap you feel you absolutely HAVE to have? I used to drag a frigging U-Haul behind me...it kind of amazed me when I realized that a lot of that baggage wasn't even mine. These days I'm probably down to a backpack...I'd like to lighten the load even more. Thanks for the visual...I'm gonna focus on that this week.
I stumbled in here while searching a Mary Oliver poem. I'm glad I did.
I love this Liz! The safety of objects is tricky because it's often more detrimental than safe. We end up carry these things with us wherever we go, clinging to them as though they carried something REAL within them. It's overwhelming. I'm constantly trying to find the strength to leave my backpack at the door....
I love this...especially the image of a backpack. It is important to remember to check our backpacks now and then and make sure we aren't carrying around things we don't need!
good lessons to be learned! my backpack manages to stay full all the time and very little of it is my stuff. i've got to stop that!!!