“I moved on because I had to, because pain gets heavy when you carry it far from its source, like a bucket of water hauled miles from a stream–it acquires a whole new value, which is the sum of itsprimary essence and your secondary investment.”
from Anthropology of an American Girl by Hilary Thayer Hamann
i speak much about transition. many of my posts on this blog describe change, movement, and new beginnings. i love this quote from hilary thayer hamann because it explains moving forward in such a beautiful way. so often i find myself carrying burdens or heartbreak for so long, it almost feels as though there is a separate attachment altogether to the pain. letting go. moving on. those are things i find hard. i almost can handle the pain i didn't inflict on myself better than even the question or possible thought of what letting go of it might feel like. but in this moment and in the moment i read that quote, i felt relief. we are not meant to carry our burdens for so long and so far away from their sources. we are supposed to lay them down. let them lay. walk away. leaving with the knowledge and the strength that they gave us. not forgetting where they came from. no leaving behind the beauty. walking tall with a new energy. embracing the motion forward.
that is a beauty of life.
amen.
