What did they do in the desert, “rambling” around for all these years? Good question. Not that I think anyone felt the trip was for pleasure, rather, as always it was for a meaning. Funny that, there are no coincidences. Just look at nature, it is all planned and systematic. As I wrote in the post Exodus some time back, they needed to clear their minds. They were slaves destined to become leaders in their own land. That requires a shift. That takes time. Not necessarily 40 years, but it takes time.
So it is with us as well. So often we carry on the slave mentality instead of giving time to let go and move on. We have a hard time to forgive: divorces, pink slips, family affairs, unfair treatment by the authorities, lack of care at hospitals, gossip by people we thought were friends, and so we can go on making the list infinite.
So often we go on hating or bearing grudge against someone or someone’s wrongdoing or something we think is unfair. But we have to let go, we have to let go of that feeling. If not it’s detrimental. Think you carry a back pack that you fill up with all sorts of experiences and feelings. You just keep filling it up. Either it will be too heavy to carry at a point or it will be too voluminous and at one time burst all together.
So we have to let go, to unload some some of our baggage.
Oftentimes the exercise for unloading baggage is called forgiving. Other times it can be some time of solitude just to think matters over, empty your mind in a way, thinking is it worth it to carry on with this grudging or hating? There is only one paying the prize: You.
As with the Israelis in the desert, if they’d gone direct from Egypt to the promised land they would never have made it. They were slaves. They had to unload the slave mentality, they had to forgive the Pharaohs for bad treatment over the years.
So with us, we have to unload the grudge, the hate or whatever is plaguing us. It is the key to personal growth, moving on a fulfilling life.
If you want to learn more about transitions you can click on the hyperlink or read a couple of books. Transitions by William Bridges or my own Unlock Your Future.
