The journey of life 💫

Traveling light has been exciting for me, but at the same time challenging at times, especially when I wasn't used to it. That feeling of "I carry it, I don't carry it" and the time it takes to start simplifying things becomes quite a journey.

And traveling light through life can be much the same....

When I travel alone I already have in mind the things I will take with me. For example, I try to go light on the clothes I pack in my travel bag and even simplify the things that go in my purse.

As I travel through life I have had to learn that the weight of my decisions and choices is my responsibility, it's like traveling alone, because in the end the weight is on me.

Have you ever traveled with a big bag? It's horrible 🤭, because it's a single pull and tug that thing at every stop or look for someone to help me get the big package off and on the bus. Plus the embarrassment of having my luggage take up more seats than the people themselves 😅

For there were times when carrying sadness, guilt and even resentment for a while, made my life a big package to carry.

And the fact is that what we carry on our backs or hold in our hands does not feel the same when we only carry it for a few minutes than when we have that weight for hours, days, months or years, don't you think?

I don't like to travel with thousands of things that I know in the end may be expendable. You know, those things that you take just for a walk (as my mom says 😅), but at the end you discover that you could have left them at home. Not a pleasant feeling at all.

I have learned that in life some material things are expendable. In reality several of them only give immediate satisfaction and then remain to feed the eyes. It's not giving up things we like, it's just maintaining a simplicity that allows me to really live 😉

When I have traveled with a lot of weight my body is destroyed by the pain 😅 of carrying such a thing. A simple pleasure trip has turned into a great song of "ouch" 😸. And how many times I have avoided physical discomfort by leaving behind negative thoughts and emotions? Although I have also felt the weight of them, because mental burdens can weigh more than a big bag, don't you think?

Yes, traveling light has become one of my most pressing needs. I need it to be able to feel good, at ease, happy, calm, be in a good mood and enjoy the road. It makes me be more me.

"What about traveling light for your life?" made me wonder about this week's proposal. Well, I'd like to think I'm working on it 💜