We bought a 5th wheel camper a number of years ago, and used it a grand total of… one time! I had never driven a 5th wheel before, but since it looked easy and harmless, I decided to take it to a crowded camp ground without ever practicing first. The roads and the camper spaces were very narrow, and every space was filled when I got there. I worked at backing that trailer into that small space for almost 40 minutes without ever getting CLOSE!
People started turning their lawn chairs around to watch the weekend warrior trying to back up into a space that seemed to me to be smaller than the camper I was driving. Finally an older gentleman came over and asked if he could do it for me and put me out of my misery. I was humiliated and as frustrated as I can ever remember being. Because of that ordeal, we GAVE away a camper we used one time!
This is exactly what it is like to live in the past—to re-live your hurts, betrayals, failures, frustrations, divorces, or any event you are still emotionally tied to and unable to park and put to rest. These events become your 5th wheel! You are constantly reliving them in your mind, dredging up all the hurt and emotion from that event.
YOU are living in REVERSE and you are trying to fit your 5th wheel (Hurt) into a space that seems too small. Like me with my camper, you are moving forward a little and then moving backward a little, never really getting anywhere but causing a whole lot of frustration and disappointment!
What is in your past that you refuse to GIVE AWAY? What past pain are you still hooked up to and dragging around with you? The only good we have from our past is that which we have LEARNED FROM AND that which we have GIVEN AWAY (Forgiven ourselves and others).
Life is made to go FORAWRD! Get rid of your 5th Wheel from your past and live in the present. Forgive and Learn, and YOU will be amazed at how much PEACE it brings into your Life!
Find Your Passion and You Will Find Your Life!