Musings at Altitude

I was approving expense reports today, and I had to smile – more like smirk – when I saw the receipt for the bag charge with the airline.  We shouldn’t have to pay for baggage but we do.  That receipt reminded me of the last time I checked in at the airport, and a lady and her daughter had their bag open, clothes thrown all around, desperately trying to get the bag under 50 pounds.  They tried at least two times while I watched, and each time the digital scale landed north of 50.  I got my bag checked and left before they ever got the bag light enough to avoid the extra fee for the excess weight.

It’s amazing how much baggage costs us today.  It’s even more staggering how much excess baggage costs.

Over the years, I’ve known people who can make a two (sometimes three) day trip with only a computer bag.  I’m not like that.  I take a big bag with several days of clothes almost everywhere I go.

But with airlines today charging for everything in order to get more revenue per seat on the flight, I’m tempted to also downsize my needs and minimize big time the things I take on any trip.

That might be exactly how we should approach life too.  Baggage weighs us down, slows us down, even grinds us to a halt.  Excess baggage crushes us as we deal with the weight of so many things.

I know it’s easier said than done, but that baggage needs to stay behind.  We need to move forward briskly, and we can’t do it if we’re lugging around that baggage that could have stayed in our past.

The greater the baggage, the greater the cost too.

So, lighten your load.

Let it go.

Move lighter and move faster.

Get to that next destination and achieve that next goal faster than you ever thought possible.

Then thank God for His mercy and grace, because leaving behind your baggage is a gift.

Travel safe!