Have you heard the story of the man
just released from confinement?

Confinement that may be
physical, emotional or mental.

He was given a red little bag to carry his belongings.

The little red bag was an attractor.

It attracted everyone and everything, good and evil.

The little red bag conveyed a message by the one carrying it.

I have broken society’s law or my own divine law.
I have made mistakes.
I am not perfect.
I have been judged and have paid my dues.

People seeing the red bag would interpret it as:
Let us take away his resources.
He is trouble.
Let us put him back in his confinement.

What little red bag do you carry with you
verbally, emotionally or spiritually?

Will you allow yourself to reinvent yourself with a new vision
or do you choose to stay in the past, reliving the old stories and their patterns?

How do you judge other people carrying their little red bags?

Copyright . 2012 by Shervin Hojat