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No one knows you better then you know yourself. But just how well do you really know yourself? Are you the person you really think you are? Are you the person you know you can be? Is there a better way of life to be discovered? Can every day be free of stress, anxiety, and worry?

We came into this world with nothing but instincts. Everything we know we have learned along the way, molding our selves by observing our parents and everyone in our lives. We have tried for so long to be like everyone else that we may not even know who we are anymore. Did we ever know? We spend our lives being told how to behave, how to talk, and how to speak. We are told what to do and not do, whom to like and dislike. We have accumulated so much excess baggage along the way that we can’t even get through a day without it affecting our lives.

Our parents raised us, and we looked to them as we grew up. We wanted to be like them. We wanted to do what they could do, and we mimicked them. It is natural for a child to become just like their parents, but now we not only act like them, we have grown up behaving like them as well. Consciously or not, we assimilate the behaviors, experiences, opinions and prejudices of our parents - both the good and bad. Their baggage has become our baggage.

We meet new people and have new experiences everyday. We cherish and hold onto the good experiences, but we also hold on to the bad ones. Those are the ones that eat away at us, turning our hearts sour. On the road of life, it’s easy to get hurt along the way. We are too trusting, or too eager, or too naive. We find so many excuses for the things that happen to us. We’ve picked up more baggage then we can carry. Everyone is a product of their past, and it is reflected in our current thoughts and actions, and we may not even be aware of it.

So much of who we are today is not really us. We have taken on the lives of others, and made them our own. We need to learn to shed the parts of ourselves that belong to someone else, belong to our past, and come into our own, now.

We can start with the person we think we know the best - our self. We need to learn to understand who we really are, who we have become, who we want to be, and why. It is time for us to become our true selves and form new opinions based on tolerance, love and understanding. We need to shed the fear, worries, anger and hate of our parents and our past. It does not need to be our own anymore. We need to look deeper into our souls, and transform ourselves into who we are meant to be, not just living as carbon copies.

We are caught in an endless cycle. Claiming everyone else’s baggage and then trying to pass back our own. We are a compilation of everything we have collected along the way. We are echoes of our past. Today is a new past for tomorrow. Today and everyday is the right time to start fresh and redefine our lives.

It starts with you. Shed your old habits and behaviors. Realize what is not yours, and let it go. Redefine yourself, and allow others to do the same. Your friends, family, and loved ones will all benefit from it. Give your children a fresh start. Allow them to grow up without excess baggage so they may be the pioneers of a world filled with peace and harmony.

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