There Is A Short Period Of Time Between Childhood And Old Age: Life

The worries of the past or the future must not prevent us from living the present. Be aware of the here and now and enjoy it.

We often forget that life is made up of brief sighs, mistakes and experiences from which we learn. If we plaguing everyday worries and on emotional beat, it’s not always easy to understand.

At the age of 40 or 50, however, many suddenly notice that they are between 2 generations, which make you aware of how ephemeral it is. Then the search for the optimal conditions begins to enjoy every moment of life . 

The weight of life

“What is the weight of your life? Imagine for a few seconds that you are carrying a backpack. Can you feel the straps on your shoulders?

Now start filling the backpack with all the things in life. Start with the things on the shelves and in the drawers, with all of the little bits and pieces that you collect. Feel the backpack getting heavier.

Now move on to the bigger things: clothes, small electrical appliances, lamps, towels, television … The weight of the backpack is increasing more and more. Now bigger things: the sofa, the bed, a table, etc.

Fill the backpack with everything: the car, your home or apartment. Everything! Then try to go backpacking. . Difficult isn’t it?

This is what we do in our everyday life. We overload ourselves until we can no longer move forward. And don’t be mistaken, moving around is living.

Now imagine that we set fire to this backpack. What do you want to keep? Photos? Photos are for those who have trouble keeping memories. .. burn them. Sounds better right?

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… the people in our lives weigh heavily too

Do you have another backpack? Now fill this with people. Start with acquaintances: friends of friends, work colleagues and continue with the people you tell your secrets to: siblings, parents, cousins, etc. and then finish with your life partner.

Pack them all in the backpack. Do you notice the weight I am sure that your relationships are the heaviest weight of your life. Can you feel the backpack straps dig into your shoulders? All the negotiations, arguments, secrets and compromises, etc. However, you don’t have to drag them with you for life.

Why don’t you take off your backpack? There are animals that have carried another animal with them all their lives. Hapless lovers, monogamous swans. But we are not swans. If we move slowly, we die quickly. We are not swans, we are sharks. ”

Bingham in Up in the air

This allegory represents what we don’t want to see: we overload our shoulders. Certain things are necessary while we should put others off because they are only necessary for a while.

Part of the weight actually belongs in our heart, as every obligation becomes easier when we accept it and find a place for it. This weight is made up of feelings, emotions and people.

We are experts in overloading our backpacks, which is why we find it so difficult to clean its contents. It’s important to make choices every now and then and consider what you want and don’t want in life. Otherwise a small stone will turn into a rock.

Life is not about stability, it is about balance

Sometimes we feel like we’re going back. However, this means that our lives are changing every second. Sometimes we’re happy with the changes, but not always. That’s part of the balance.

Our life is a dance between happiness and unhappiness. That is why it is so important to accept that day and night, joy and sadness, stability and change are eternal dance partners.

Life always whispers in our ears to have trust as we will learn and grow from everything . It is in difficult times that we grow the most, even if we feel small and vulnerable in those moments.

There is no age limit to fill our age with life

There are no time limits to gaining strength. The period of time that we call life enables us to look at our surroundings with serenity and fearlessly scream out our fears. Only in this way will we be able to achieve what we long for, because the only failure is non-life.

Time gives us  wrinkles and wisdom and it is important to live with them. Our furrows reflect our experiences and what we have learned, the failures that cause us unexpected pain and the backpack straps on our shoulders.