
The threadbare backpack
Straps hanging loose
Too much weight it has carried
For far too long
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The urge to please
An intolerable load
The urge to care
A heavy burden
π
There is still some life
in the old backpack yet
More journeys to travel
More encumbrance to bear
This is so applicable to my life. May I ask where you get your ideas?
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Thank you. They just come to me in everyday situations and I write them down. They reflect my thoughts or feelings at the time. π
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Oh, my! This is such an awesome analogy, Stuart! Love it! βΊ
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Thank you! π
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Lovely poem about burdens.
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Thank you π
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Hi Stuart, thinking about your poem, I remembered a wonderful meditation about laying down burdens. I think the full version might be in John Bradshaw’s wonderful book, Heal the Shame that Binds You. In a nutshell, get into a meditative, self hypnotic state, and then walk from a beautiful place in your mind to a holy place. Ask the entity that meets you there if you can lay down the heavy burden you are carrying, and you will find yourself leaving it there. Give thanks, return to your place of beauty and count yourself back into full consciousness. I did this meditation several times some years ago and it helped a lot. Thank you for reminding me of it as of course we encounter new burdens all the time. Emberπ
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Thank you for this. Iβll have a look, as itβs looks really interesting! π
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So glad you like the idea. π
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Looks like adventures have been had. π
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Yes, many and varied, I think! π
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Very evocative
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Thank you π
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You’re welcome
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Oh wow. I love this image together with the poem! The backpack looks just like the one I once travelled with (it’d belonged to my parents, before me). I still carry some of the burdens, though the backpack is long since gone… working on it though. ;)) Thanks for sharing this one. :))
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Thank you Lia and you are welcome! π
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I can so relate to this one β€
Absolutely perfect !!!!!
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