is your ARMOUR too HEAVY to CARRY around?

Question

a cross we carry is a symbol of noble sacrifice..
but an armour represents something we keep for safety...
but often keeps us from moving as well....

Can you tell me something that keeps your SAFE but always keeps you IMMOBILIZED in LIFE?

Answer 1

I don't wear armour. I wear my heart on my sleeve. Raw and vulnerable. It takes great courage to face the world with all your feelings and no illusions.

Fear often keeps us safe. It keeps us from opening up because we don't want to be hurt. It keeps us from taking risks.

But I am telling you that the most rewarding moments of my life have been the ones where I was trembling, terrified, outside my comfort zone. My heart pounding, fragile as a baby bird. The world can be a cold, cruel place to a sensitive soul but I dared to bare it all, to show my humanity, unashamed. Most people go to great lengths (lies, masks, alcohol, drugs, you name it) to hide who they really are, to stifle their feelings. I celebrate mine. I sing them on stage for strangers. I paint them on canvas & display them in shows. I write poems about them and have them published. I dare to laugh & cry. I live with passion. I am honest & open.

I have no armour to weigh me down. I am weightless.

A safe life can be a prison. You have to open yourself up. Dare to face your fears. Dare to live fully. Dare to feel and dream and try.

You can spend your whole life as a caterpillar in your familiar cocoon or you can dare to spread your wings and be the butterfly and discover all the wonders that exist.

Answer 2

My armour is not too heavy to wear. The Lord is not only my sword, but my shield. My faith serves as my armour and my defense from harm. There is nothing I can think of that keeps me safe yet immobilizes me. I feel as though, after time, I have the capacity to make adjustments of all sorts.

Answer 3

My Heart -- I Carry It Around With Me EveryWhere -- It Keeps Me Safe Because That Is Where The Lord Is Supposed To Dwell -- It Immobilizes Me Because Everything You Witness Daily Tugs At It Slowing You Down, Making It Heavier

Answer 4

I have worked hard to throw off the Armour...and studied Ninjutsu to be safer....It enabled me to throw off the Armour...now I try to use only me...arms, legs, hands, feet, brain, spirit...always aware...and when threat arises...immobile until the right moment...watching for all that is there and is not there....Breathing....always Breathing....Alive....ready to move in a flash...to be safe....and when there is no threat....Immobile only for relaxation, meditation, and rest...in throwing off the Armour, I find I am much more courageous and I feel very good about that.

enki...I think you may get some Strikes Outs on this one........the Philosophical folk are more inclined to throw off their Armour than others

Answer 5

I am a stay-at-home mom and although it is SAFE I have immobilized my entire life in doing so. My kids are moving, my husband is moving, but the ME outside of being a mom is at a stand-still. I'm scared to finish school and I only have one year left! I'm scared of who I might see without my mommy mask on! At the same time, it's also very exciting to think about all of these unchartered waters... I have set some goals for myself! Goal- to start Medical Transcription school in '08. Goal- take up dancing lessons. Goal- play my violin and dance around until the other mommies think I'm nuts!

Answer 6

It doesn't look heavy at all, merely clumsy. Samurai armor was very light. They didn't wear heavy plate armor. It was a combination of bamboo, leather and some metal, but not a lot. Supposing you want to have a samurai fight a European knight in plate armor: I pity the samurai. He doesn't stand a chance at all. The Euro knight can fend off any attack easily with his shield and armor. His sword is of much lesser quality, but that is not really a problem. He just wields it a bit longer.

Answer 7

I didn't want to answer this question, but I kept coming back to it. So reluctantly, I will.

My armor is so heavy that by the end of each day, I'm exhausted. I am such an emotional person--I take things very personally. While this works well in many things, like being in love with someone who deserves it, being praised at work, putting my best foot forward, etc. It's a nightmare when it comes to disappointing someone, making a mistake, or having to tell my husband I want a divorce.

so in reality, I don't use armor to protect myself from others. I use my armor to protect myself from myself. My loud talking at times, my constant desire to have the center of attention, the hours I spend every day primping, these are my armor. And it's freaking exhausting.

Answer 8

I would say that what keeps me safe and immobilized would be my Grand-kids, because I always have to be here at my House to take care of two, or more when my Daughters have to run an errand, or have a Doctor's appt. But no complaining from my Part, I love them and am here for them.

Answer 9

My ability to see through the chaos, and manage many avenues of retreat, forward and backwards at the same time, it is a wonderful feeling to feel in control, to manage the bridge to safety and comfort ...however, there is that which immobilizes me, the knowledge that those I manage through the seeming mazes of conflict, will one day leave me alone, as all mortals must face in their life. And I don't like being left alone, for long periods of time, nor without working out those escapes for ones I love and those that need help.

Answer 10

Unfortunately, I always feel that I'll have to move soon in life. Change comes frequently and without notice. The preparation for that change makes me feel safe, but the part about me not making the change myself makes me the one immobile.

Answer 11

What a beautiful answer from amp.
I wonder, how can we balance the weight of armour against the "potential" of vulnerability? I can't. One can never ensure safety. Armour is, (to me), a ball & chain. A weight far to heavy to carry.