Weight

I started reading blogs on losing weight. My brain has really been kicking my ass on this topic as of late.

And then one of my friends started talking about losing weight.

And this weight is different.

It is our baggage.

It’s the stuff that we’ve collected, carried it, endured, all those things.

no really… do it… stop and literally look around you…. see the weight.

I think about moving.. I’m not moving out of this rental till they kick me out, although I do think about moving. And yeah I think about moving my body…. a lot. It’s what I do for a living. So there’s moving our bodies, there’s moving rooms, there’s moving houses, there’s moving states, and then there’s moving on. There’s moving as in mind shift. moving through grief…. all of it.. So there’s lots of levels of moving. But let’s talk about just if you move houses: What does it take to move the house.

Break it down.

I mean just off the top of my head I’m thinking boxes, tape, packing paper, labels, organization, sifting, giving, dropping off… (insert hives and a rash). I mean I could go on forever, have a list I could Google, list to make a list, of all the steps, and the things to do for moving, not to mention the embarrassment of how much shit I have to move from one place to the other.

That my friends is weight.

Just think if we started to get rid and lose the weight. This is been on my mind a lot. Over the last year, especially over the past couple months. I’m wondering if we physically got rid of the actual books, things, the fifth set of sheets, the Costco size toilet paper, the extra chair in the garage, you name it. What would happen? What would happen if everything I owned was weightless that I loved it because I loved it not because someone gave it to me, not because it’s been in the family for fucking 900 years.. ego, shame, guilt, fear… And let’s transfer that into the weight on our bodies…..

I’m willing to bet you that if we removed the actual weight of our stuff the weight on our bodies might potentially start to shed itself as well or at least it’s worth a shot.