I have had the privilege of traveling light and travelling heavy from one state to the other and both had significant consequences.
When you travel heavy, you become so concerned about your luggages. At every stop, you want to ensure none is missing or mistakenly taken by another passenger.
But when you travel light, you become less concerned about what could get missing or mistakenly taken because whatever is of concern to you is probably handy with you.
Your focus will rather be centered on the experience you gain in the process of the journey and how you get to your destination.
So it with life's journey. Traveling heavy gives you too many concerns that are of no importance or benefit to your health, mind, spirit, soul and body not even in financial terms.
You pay too much attention to every little thing anyone does with the mindset that it is all about you. You become bothered about what people say or don't say about you. What they think about you or don't think.
Other times, it is you not forgiving yourself about your past mistakes and not getting past the regrets. You keep thinking, I should have done it this way or that way.
It could also be you not forgiving or letting go of those who have wronged you one way or the other in life.
Maybe you got jilted, betrayed, abandoned, criticized, scorned, mocked or laughed at and you are finding it difficult to let go of the hurts but dwelling in the pains.
You constantly think of how you are going to take vengeance on those who have hurt you one way or the other.
Bearing all these in mind, makes you travel life's journey heavy and in turn limits your vision to see ahead, limits you from your purpose and focus in life and and also deprives you of the very best of life.
Traveling heavy in life deprives you of gainful knowledge and experience in life's journey and the beautiful stories to tell in order to be an inspiration to others.
You have enough people and things against you already so you don't need to be against yourself by carrying to many load on you. Learn to travel light.
Traveling light in life is having less concerns about the perceived negative things that are happening around you.
Traveling light is being less concerned about what people do, say or think about you but focused on your journey to land your destination beautifully.
It is running your own race, maintaining your own lane, being focused on your dreams or goals and being in competition with no one else but you.
Traveling light is trusting God to see you through life's challenges. It is letting go of the things you can't handle and trusting God to see you through it all.
It is trading your ashes for beauty, the oil of joy for mourning and wearing a garment of praise instead of despair ( Isaiah 61:3).
Traveling light is letting go of every nursed vengeance, grievances, hurts and pains but trusting God to fight your battles (2 Chronicles 20:15). It is also letting God taking vengeance on your behalf (Deuteronomy 32:35).
Quote for the day - " Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light." Yogi Bhajan
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