It’s okay to release other people’s burdens!

Stop carrying other people’s burdens!

Shout it to the mountaintop if you need to: “It’s ok to Stop carrying other people’s burdens”!

Love yourself enough to not neglect yourself, trying to be everything to everyone! 

Love yourself enough to prioritize your needs and be okay with saying “No,” especially when you need to. No is a complete sentence, and you do not have to explain yourself. 

I will say it again: you are human, and you are allowed to set yourself free from carrying burdens that aren’t your own and burdens that are too much to bear. 

It is normal to offer encouragement and support to those you care for facing hard times and challenging circumstances. I believe in having empathy and showing compassion to my neighbor. Life isn’t all peaches and cream; we all will experience setbacks and downfalls. It’s how we grow and become better people. But I also believe in understanding that people go through things and sometimes just need a little help. Help can come through offering encouraging words, advice, lending money, or a listening ear. It’s based on what you can do, & what will not put a strain on you. 

It’s ok to help where you can, but know your limits. Because if not, life will teach you over time. Sometimes, God will push you into a corner where you have no choice but to release burdens, whether they are yours or someone else. Either way, You must know how far to go, especially when taking on burdens that aren’t yours. And if not, life teaches you and shows you how to release things that are too heavy to carry. 

Don’t be so willing to carry the burdens of others that you lose balance in your own life. When you start losing balance and stability in your own life over other people’s poor choices or life challenges, it’s time to step back and reassess the situation, especially when it’s burdens and problems that you did not help create or play a role in. And it’s ok to not wanna carry other people’s burdens.

Even with family, you must know when to drop your loved one’s burdens and battles. Sometimes, people feel pressured to carry the burdens of family and those around them they love. You will have people who make horrible decisions and then guilt-trip their family members into cleaning up their mess. I don’t mind being the person who says that behavior is not ok. That’s not how life works, and you must hold people accountable for their decisions. A person will never learn if someone always comes in to save the day and the behavior goes unchecked. Especially if you see they aren’t trying to correct their behavior or improve. 

• So, stop carrying other people’s burdens, especially if they’re too much for you. 

• Stop carrying other people’s burdens that you didn’t create or play a role in. 

• It’s okay not to be the savior all the time unless that is what you feel called to do and will do so selflessly. 

So, stop carrying other people’s burdens! Especially ones that you didn’t create. When things become a drain, and you lose balance, lay the burden down. Because carrying other people’s burdens that are too heavy for you to bear will not benefit you in any way. If anything, it puts you in a position to dishonor yourself, especially when you don’t allow others to learn from their mistakes. 

Sometimes, trying to carry other people’s burdens can turn your world upside down, and you must dig yourself out of a hole that wasn’t intended for you. God doesn’t want you stressed out and going through unnecessary crap. Especially if you don’t have to, once you stop carrying other people’s burdens, you will feel a weight lifted off your shoulders. 

So don’t feel bad about being unable to carry other people’s burdens, especially if they are too much for you to bear. 

– Life Coach Kenya Walker