The secret of letting go

[Gem]

The burdens we hold on to can be dead weight in our lives, and anyone who has carried a burden in life will know the feeling: 'I want to let it go, but I can't'.

We know in ourselves that it does no good to carry old weight, but everyone comes with baggage, and just like a tree doesn't drop fruit until it is ripe, the crosses we bear have to mature before we're done with them.

If it is a choice and just let it go - that isn't a burden.

If it is a burden, it's ingrained deeper. The mind ruminates on it, be it a grudge, a betrayal, an injustice, shame or whatever it is that weights you down. Usually the mind flounders in confusion and anguish because it doesn't understand it properly.

It's a mess that keeps churning until it starts to unravel and make more sense to you, and with that wisdom gained, it just seems lighter, and you no longer care much if you carry it or leave it behind. It's not thrown aside, because going through it was transformative and profound, but at the moment you get it, appreciate it for what it is, and leave it to be as it is easily, is the moment you release it. It will most probably remain part of you, but no longer weighs on you. You see it all clearly, and you are free from that burdensome affect.