Kick The Hell Out Of Personal Baggage

Certainly, lashing out wasn’t the answer; neither was pouting and beating up innocent serving trays.

When I started my interior accent business, I was blessed to create packages for companies such as McDonald’s and Golden Corral. Also, I won contracts to create unique interior décor designs for residential and corporate customers.

But to become peaceful in my blessings, I had to find out what to do about the major Baggage destroying me from the inside.

So why am I giving a rundown of what I consider some of my accomplishments?

Because childhood traumas affect ‘Adult decision-making.’ And it took me decades to realize that every time I faced extreme stress, I’d hide inside my writing—not the halls of a hospital or a corporate conference room, nor creating floral designs. I ran for peace by writing!

We Must Come Full Circle with Childhood Trauma…

• Because our Trauma controls our behavior
• Because we don’t know how to handle Baggage
• Because it’s easier to blame husbands, wives, mothers-fathers-siblings, friends, acquaintances, and Sammy, the dog than to turn the light on “Ourselves.”
• Because ‘Not-my-fault,’ Innocence and Denials are the rules, not the exception.
• And Because our Marriages, relationships, and health are suffering due to our attitudes!

To become Self Aware means we’ve achieved the ability to see ourselves clearly and own up to what our brain shows us.

Hint…hint… When one battle is resolved, other challenges are always waiting to throw us off the horse.

Ain’t that cute? hahaha

Getting real with our brains is not an easy task. Most will not embark on this uncomfortable ride. Facing oneself takes real grit and a lot of nerve. Who wants to walk through the red-hot coals of memories that cause major Brain-Pain? It takes courage!

In this instance, defining courage is: finding the tenacity to challenge what frightens us the most.

• Is it facing loss or grief?
• Is it accepting rather than blaming others?
• Or perhaps being apologetic for hasty words and wrong deeds.

 IF FEAR WAS HUMAN AND STANDING BEFORE US, WHAT WOULD FEAR SAY?

Fear says: “I’ve been whispering words to make you feel that humility is a weakness, that apologies are for chumps, that admitting wrong puffs up the other person’s chest and deflates yours. I’ve been waiting for you to put me out of your mind so you can see not only the greatness in you but in others, too. But you’ll never get the courage to do that, or will you?”