I have a cute laptop bag I use daily and I have become fond of it. It really serves me well. This bag became my favourite because of the different compartments in it. As a matter of fact, the last time I counted, I observed that it has about 12 unique spaces. As you would expect, I started to fill it up with different ‘important things’.
This brings me to what I want to share with us this afternoon. I observed that it started getting heavier by the day, but because I could still carry it, I did not bother, until I started to feel some pain in my back region while climbing stairs. This finally forced me to sit down and take a look at the things I now have in my bag. On opening it, I observed that I had two large print-outs I no longer needed as the phase of the project for which it was needed had been concluded. I also observed that I had a large A4 hardcover notebook I was given, which I do not need to carry with me daily. After removing them, the bag became lighter than it used to be, even though I still had my laptop in it. This got me thinking.
Many times we carry around emotions, hurt, words people said behind our backs, or to us. We hold on to unforgiveness; a belief that no longer serves us; a version of us that we have outgrown; and relationships that drain us of positive energy while inspiring fear, lust and doubt in us. We carry all these and more and we wonder why we are in pain, treating a headache that never seems to go away, why we keep attracting the same profile of men and women into our lives. Although, there are many other reasons for the above mentioned ailments, research has shown that negative emotions are deadly. Many of the emotional and health issues we experience daily are emotionally induced.
I am sure that if you ask Chidinma Akunna, Praise Fowowe, Oyinkansola Alabi, Lanre Olusola, Samuel Babatunde Obafemi, Adeh Jones, they would reiterate that letting go does not justify what was done to you, rather it frees you from being controlled by it. Letting go is a gift we give ourselves. According to Louis B. Smedes, “to forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.”
What is your forgiveness story?
Victor Akunna
Romance & Relationship Catalyst
@familyaffairs05
www.foundationforfamilyaffairs.org
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