"Everyone's Broken" by ARK

I don’t know why I’m posting this only now. I should have done this days ago- when the memories of the priest’s homily still lingered in my head. Hmm… Come to think of it, it’s only Monday and we went to church on Sunday. And Sunday is yesterday.

I seem to have lost track of time. In fact, I keep thinking that tomorrow is Wednesday. I’m excited for Wednesday to come. I just do.

Anyway, I’m here to share what the priest said to us that day (yesterday. Jeez, why do I keep confusing these dates?) He said that everyone has burdens to carry. He classified it into three types: Material Baggage, Emotional Baggage and Personal Baggage.

It stuck in my head with the realization that EVERYONE is broken. We are all wounded somehow. Some have many scars, some have deep cuts. In whatever form it may be, all of us have something heavy within us. We can choose to let go of these and move on. But that isn’t always an easy thing to do.

I guess the first step to cutting off these burdens is recognizing which one you have.

MATERIAL BAGGAGE: Materials are hard to let go, ‘cause they can make you happy too. These things may make you believe in its false sense of comfort. It makes you THINK that it’s your way of getting away from your troubles. Sometimes, it’s exactly what causes all our discomfort. How? Well, everyone likes money-let’s take that as an example. When we love something too much, we attach ourselves too much to it. That makes it all the more harder to let go. We attach ourselves to everything: clothes, food, gadgets, jewelry…things we can’t have all the time. And when we can’t get what we want, that’s when things get difficult.

TRY TO: Throw stuff out. The priest said so, and I completely agreed. I do this sometimes too. Be able to recognize which of your “valuables” are actually “clutter”. Believe me throwing clutter away is so much fun…and relieving.

EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE: We tend to over think at times, and did you know that it’s what makes our problems a LOT larger? We take a problem and think of it over, and over, and over again. We recycle the problem until it gets too tough to handle. We let it consume our thoughts and dominate our activities.

TRY TO: Not spend so much time thinking about your problems. If you can’t do anything about it, why bother? If you can do something about it, why be worried? Sometimes, it’s just us who make the messes. Try changing your outlook, and you may see things more clearly.

PERSONAL BAGGAGE: I didn’t quite understand what the priest said about this. I didn’t get how he differentiated it with your emotional baggage. And so, I will choose not to talk about it.

That’s all I got to say right now. I should follow my own advice and stop stressing myself out. I’ll stop waiting for Wednesday and live each day happily. Life shouldn’t be as hard as it makes itself.

Now if you feel lonely, and tired, and broken…don’t worry. EVERYONE’S BROKEN. We could always choose to fix ourselves.