There are so many different types. There are the ones we lift, the ones we cannot lift, the stress ones, the emotional ones, the financial ones and the most difficult ones - the ones that sit upon your shoulders. I guess that those are also the ones you cannot lift.



The emotional weights can of course be in so many forms. I am guessing that there are good ones and bad. Most likely the good ones could drive us to be better to others, work harder, provide more, etc. The bad ones almost seem as though they can be more restrictive than anything. It's like someone puts the brakes on you. Its always present in everything. No matter how much you push on through it seems to surface at the most inopportune moments. Like having a great day walking around with a youngster that has no comprehension, and you don't show the surprise, but it surfaces in a person you see. Crazy how one can be so easily distracted.

Weights that we lift can be so therapeutic though. They relieve stress, build strenght, not only physically but also rather mentally. Even though we may not walk around and think "hey I lift weights, I am mentally strong!" We may have a bit of a confidence boost in doing such. I know that when I lifted during my military stint due to inactivity from surgeries, I felt like I was more invincible, even though I knew otherwise. But at the same time I watched one soldier who lifted them religiously and his mental attitude changed week by week.

Those dog garn Financial Weights, its amazing how much they affect us without remorse. When you ignore the responsibility of getting them taken care of, they increase on your shoulders exponentially. But as soon as you take and get them out of your hair you feel like a million bucks. Its like a rabid dog chasing you down a dark alley in the hood. If the dog don't get ya, ya almost know that there are tons of other thins out there that are gonna. Once you take care of them, it almost as though you have no worries, but then again, they come back around three weeks later. I guess we just thank whomever we thank for that ability to take care of them and force them bad dogs back to their homes.

The one group of weights that I have never really felt that I have got a grip with are the emotional ones that are created by relationships. When you care for someone there are certain things that you just take for granted. There are things that you tend to never expect, never foresee and would not imagine that would be capable of taking place. Then one day it all happens. Then the weight hits you in the face in the shoulders in the chest, everywhere. Thing about it is that you must wonder what these others that are involved are thinking. Well at least I do. I guess I have always been considerate of what other people are thinking and how they may feel. Weigh all the circumstances and then make your decisions as drastic as they may end up. But one should not come to conclusions before analyzing the facts and looking in the mirror. There have been a few times that things have gone arye (sp) for me and I am still left wondering how some people are capable of the thought processes that possess them so. I guess mine is not to wonder about how they can think this way but to better learn from these occurrences and make better choices in the future so that they happen less frequently. It will always be a learning in progress for now, and I am also guessing that if we knew how people and things were always going to be there would be no point in living. Its just not really much fun when you have to learn some of these things the most difficult way...by experience.

Here is a link (in case anyone should ever read this) that I found to be so incredibly touching, moving, and flooring all at the same time. At one point I found myself in tears at what I saw:



It is another blog, and I am not sure how I came across it, but it was extremely moving.