Leaving Emotional Baggage Behind

I heard a story recently about two monks that gave me a greater perspective on life. Monks have sworn a life of celibacy, to the extent that they do not even touch members of the opposite sex.

These two monks were walking down a road when they saw a woman crossing a muddy part of the street. The first monk quickly helps and carries the woman across the muddy part of the street. They continue on their journey.

This bugged and perplexed the second monk deeply. After five hours of confusion he turns to the first monk and asks, "Why did you pick up that woman, when you know we are forbidden in doing things like that?"

The first monk looks at his colleague and simply says, "I put her down five hours ago. Why are you still carrying her?"

We carry a lot of mental baggage. This is the culmination of being victimized, being used, and being hurt. Mental baggage can burden and depress us to the point of insufficient self-worth. It can slow down progression almost to a complete stop.

The solution and resolve is within ourselves to simply forgive. Yes, it is that simple and yes, it is that hard. Simple is harder than complex, but simple always works.

Have the determination to leave behind mental baggage that only limits your potential and progression.