How much does your life weigh? Imagine for a second that youre carrying a backpack. I want you to feel the straps on your shoulders. Feel em? Now I want you to pack it with all the stuff that you have in your life. You start with the little things. The things on shelves and in drawers, the knick-knacks, the collectibles. Feel the weight as that adds up. Then you start adding larger stuff, clothes, table-top appliances, lamps, linens, your TV. The backpack should be getting pretty heavy now. And you go bigger. Your couch, bed, your kitchen table. Stuff it all in there. Your car, get it in there. Your home, whether its a studio apartment or a two bedroom house. I want you to stuff it all into that backpack. Now try to walk. Its kind of hard, isnt it? This is what we do to ourselves on a daily basis. We weigh ourselves down until we cant even move. And make no mistake, moving is living. Now, Im gonna set that backpack on fire. What do you want to take out of it? Photos? Photos are for people who cant remember. Drink some ginkgo and let the photos burn. In fact, let everything burn and imagine waking up tomorrow with nothing. Its kind of exhilarating, isnt it? - Ryan Bingham, Up In The Air.
Posted on: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 08:59:39 +0000
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