Travel light.

This is my new motto/catch phrase. (I have a few of them.)

TRAVEL LIGHT.

Isn't it beautiful?

Let me explain - Life is a journey. I am a pilgrim. "He who dies with the most toys still dies." (Can't remember where I heard this.) Acquiring stuff bogs down the sojourner. Sometimes it even brings the true journey of life to a halt - there's too much to worry about losing to engage in the adventure.

Do you have any thing/s that you would have a hard let letting go of?

• Your house? Truck? Guitar? (Some of my things that put my pilgrimage at risk.)
• How about the sum total of everything you have acquired? Could you walk away from it all?
  

If we can't, then what are we really living for?

The point: Things can "easily entangle us." (A smart guy named Paul once coined this.) Never forget that life is a journey. Never forget what is worth living for and what isn't. Know you direction. Travel light.

Travel light: People space

I was driving home yesterday having a very deep conversation with Jody - about the lack of storage space in our home. We hope to add on a big living room and study in the near future which still does not include much closet/storage space. (It will, however, allow us to host big groups for dinner which we absolutely love. For example, the list we were wishing to have over in a couple weekends includes about 30 adults and 20+/- kids!)

I was lamenting this lack of storage space when Jody said something amazing, "I like it because it keeps us from having too much junk we don't need." What a genius! Her comment was an epiphany for me.


I fell in love with this idea: having a home dedicated to people space, not junk space.