So… today I am hugged by an acquaintance that is someone that I have met at my work. I didn’t know that my story would bring her to hug me. I’m not an automatic huger. I never know what space is mine, yours or ours. She is so amazed with my story of moving to Maine and the things I persevered to make it here that she said… ‘your story is so great, you make me feel like I can make it with the things that are happening in my life right now. Of course, I’m paraphrasing but you get the jest. (spell check made me change that, I had jist)! I then hear of a relative committing suicide and then of a wedding of said relative’s child that was obviously previously scheduled and a couple of car crashings which I will ignore with spell check; my thoughts go to how can I possibly be an inspiration to someone that has this going on in their life. You just never know what pressures are ones you endure and ones that you release. Whether that is for yourself or for those of others. She found hope that this old bag, even though she didn’t think I was 50+, could have a dream and actualize it after many wrong turns in life. Of course I had to let her in on the secret of old bags. They may have folds or creases where they are not meant to be, they may have a ragged edge or a stain from something delicious being carried in them or they may have a handle missing but they seem to still be able to carry, under pressure, a certain amount of weight and still make the haul.
My thoughts… What does your bag carry for you? What weight does it withstand? Is it something that, at the end of the day, seems very light compared to another? This, is what atmospheric pressure is, folks. It is what is happening in your world, your atmosphere. Is it light pressure or is heavy pressure? It is all relative! Today what seems like a ton of bricks is actually a ton of feathers and just because of the play on words it feels easier. Carry that bag, be that bag, drag that bag, except the fact that the bag has a hole in it but it will still work under pressure if you just let it!
My hopes are that someone will be carrying a bag a little easier or that the weight of a situation is a little more bearable or that your atmospheric pressure gives you something to inspire yourself or another to not worry about the load.