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buried pain.

Have you ever been holding onto something dark and painful in your heart, but not even realized it until you read something so deep that it brought everything to surface?

I was carrying weight, and I didn’t even know it until I read this post on Lewis’ blog.

An excerpt reads:

“I’ve got a couple of things whose time has expired deep in the crevasses of my heart. I don’t have room for them any longer. And a bad thought or two in my mind that need to make their way to death. This is the season of change. Of watching, and allowing, things to die….even encouraging them to. So, I’m digging a hole. Six feet deep. And putting a few things in there. Tossing dirt on top and tamping it down. I don’t even think I’ll place flowers on the top.”

Something about that resonated with me. Maybe we all have a little baggage that needs to be dropped off in a barren place… never to be found again.

Tue, Sep 18, 2007 @ 1:21 am | Filed in Life | Permalink

3 Comments

you and me both buddy. But it’s a good thing. the really bad thing would be hanging on to the junk.

Posted by DEL on Tue, Sep 18, 2007 @ 1:31 am

It is good to rid yourself of things that may be weighing you down, every now and then. I have these pangs sometimes during the autumn.

Posted by jasontt33 on Tue, Sep 18, 2007 @ 9:28 am

Sounds like it struck you sort of like it did me. I think that sloughing off negative/bad/unnecessary things in our lives is ongoing. Seasonal. It’s great that we’re both, at least, aware of our surroundings, our head space, our hearts, and what needs to come and what needs to go. Hugs.

Posted by Lewis on Tue, Sep 18, 2007 @ 10:01 am