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?