Photo: abcb.gov.au
“Just because you have baggage doesn’t mean you have to lug it around” Richie Norton.
And Bags
Sometimes,
I do go back to those days,
of dusty sheds with oily tractors
and bags of grain,
the smell of rust and diesel
pungent phosphate, O
those poor broken saws,
musty canvas,
the bale loader which made us slave,
and wrestling with rams
as we fleeced them.
Endless days of heavy lifting,
good clean muscling
and nights of easy sleep,
but nothing like days of heavy bearing,
where the heart is loaded,
carrying a lifetime of feelings,
that can never be weighed,
but which need tender love
that they might ever be lifted.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
parallax 
Perfect quote.
LikeLike
Yes, emotional baggage has true heft.
LikeLiked by 1 person
That is so true in my case, thank you Sandy
LikeLiked by 1 person
But well worth trying to lift.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Absolutely so.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Emotional baggage… how heavy the load.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, good to check it in 🙂 thanks Helene.
LikeLiked by 1 person
❤
LikeLiked by 1 person
My brother once said to me that he found a survey stating old age is the happiest. I can’t quite take that view. At 37 I already feel old. This reminiscence by you brings my own. Thanks for the share.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Many thanks.
LikeLike
you are on a journey and blogging it is healing 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
It sure is Kate 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
I really like this Paul – the differentiation between the physical strain and the emotional.
LikeLiked by 1 person
I like your observation, thank you for reflecting on this.
LikeLiked by 1 person
My pleasure.
LikeLiked by 1 person
oh love can lift so much off us, I so very much enjoyed the narrative of the “good clean muscling and nights of easy sleep” days
LikeLiked by 1 person
Gina thank you so much, and yes love lifts 🙂
LikeLiked by 1 person
Wow that transported me back to bye gone era of my life – such truth in this
>
LikeLiked by 1 person
Yes, I think it’s almost a universal, thanks Lyn.
LikeLike