Emotional Baggage ??

Is Baggage a hindrance to free living? Any kind of baggage shall restrict you, shall hold you, shall pull you, stress you more and even suffocate you. I can say it tests you.

What is baggage? It is an interesting question, if you ask me. If this question hasn’t arisen yet in your mind, that means you are a free being, enjoying life more than many others.

Dictionary definitions of baggage make the picture clearer: ‘Baggage: Superfluous or burdensome practices, regulations, ideas, or traits’. Do you really think an look into dictionaries for all literal meanings for answers to all worries or reasons of unhappiness? – No. Carrying dictionaries can become a baggage most of the times. The moment we are overloaded, we carry baggage. And our visions and energies get limited. Our mind rightfully starts thinking of an opportunity to offload it as early as possible. The mind’s defense mechanism starts working and our focus changes from free, liberal pursuits to me, myself and my baggage. Isn’t it true? I don’t know your answer, but it holds true for me.

But I can tell you, this baggage has some advantages also. It has made me do things which I wasn’t confident of. It has tested me and I can proudly say I passed many times and failed equally too. I have run more miles than I should have. I have read more book than I could have. I have shared more than I could have, I have loved more than I should have. It has made me come so far, and widened my perspectives and horizons. It has made me transparent, it has helped me explore more. It always gave me more. At times I used to question is more Is less? Or is less more? But today I am very clear, Less is more!!!

I pray we all should be baggage free and live not to prove ourselves unto ourselves.