
We all carry wounds and grudges. People have wronged us. We have been hurt. We have been deprived. The question is: How long are we going to carry this around? What would we be better for letting go of? For dropping off our shoulders?
Every day we should take a few minutes to think about the baggage we carry and decide whether to keep carrying it. Some of it we do need to keep lugging around. Some of it we are not ready to part with — the wound is still too rare, and we are still too vulnerable. But there is plenty we can let go of. We can forgive. We can forget. We can move on.