Trying to Move Forward, Hoping that Life Doesn't Charge Any Baggage Fees

I'm sure that we've all been there.  Comfortably trying to move from Life point A to Life point B, and then slowly realizing that the move isn't going as smoothly as it should be.  It's a weighted trudge.  It's a listless toil.  It's crawling progression, realizing that you've barely even moved.  And then it hits you.

All the baggage is holding you back.

It is too much to carry.  It is too heavy to push.  Don't even think about it.  Let it go.

Still thinking about that ex-lover?  Still wondering what life might have been like had you finished school?  Still nagging yourself about not getting that job promotion you really wanted?  Let it go.

We often wonder why we can't move forward in life, but the answer might simply be because we're still holding onto things that are behind us.  People that are behind us.  Places that are behind us.  And if we remember from the days of our youth, walking backwards might be an interesting game for a while, but it's a good way to fall on your ass.  Forward minded equals forward moving.  So, it's time to let it go.

Stack your ex-husband, previous fling, old job, jealous former friend, depressing town you used to live in, negative self-image, prior transgressions and lingering past sins, in a figurative suitcase in your mind, and then ship it all off to Forgotten.  Move on.  Discover what it is that makes you a happier, better you, and then strive to be that person.  Quit looking back at all your past mistakes as enabling ways to stop trying.  Quit making the same old excuses.  Becoming stuck in the past will only waste present time.  How is that going to help mold the future?  It won't.

I finally shipped off my old baggage today.  Already, I feel the load getting a bit lighter.

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet