THE DAILY SPARK

UNSORTED BAGGAGE TOO HEAVY TO CARRY

All I do know is as we age, the weight of our unsorted baggage becomes heavier… much heavier.  With each passing year, the price of our refusal to do that sorting rises higher and higher.  Long ago, the defenses I built to withstand the stress of my childhood, to save what I had of myself, outlived their usefulness, and I’ve become an abuser of their once lifesaving powers.  I relied on them wrongly to isolate myself, seal my alienation, cut me off from life, control others and contain my emotions to a damaging degree.  Now the bill collector is knocking and his payment will be in tears. 

Quote from Bruce Springsteen in an interview by Michael Hainey for Esquire Magazine on November 27, 2018.

For the full article:  https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/a25133821/bruce-springsteen-interview-netflix-broadway-2018/

REFLECTION:

  • Reflect on these thoughts shared by Bruce Springsteen.
  • Do you have unsorted baggage that has outlived its usefulness? 
  • What do you need to let go of to be more fully alive?
Read more about the article WITHHOLDING

WITHHOLDING

“Whatever truth we find compelled to withhold, no matter how unthinkable it is to imagine ourselves telling it, not to is a way of spiritually holding our breath.”

From: Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo

REFLECTION:

  • Is there a truth you have been withholding?
  • Are you ready to share it?  Think about it and make sure you are prepared. 
  • As the Bible saying goes, “The Truth will set you free.”   When ready, take this bold step and breathe!
Read more about the article YOUR DECISION

YOUR DECISION

Learning is slowed less by lack of intelligence than by reluctance to let go of bankrupt ideas and exhausted ways of seeing.  The object of your blame will always prove to be less of an obstacle than your decision to blame.

From:  A LITTLE BOOK OF FORGIVENESS By D. Patrick Miller

REFLECTION:

  • What bankrupt ideas have you been holding on to?  
  • Is there an object of your blame?  
  • Are you willing to see them differently?  How can you do that?