Suitcase!!

Every time when we plan our vacation, the big task which I need to deal with is - packing my suitcase. Every time I have to see my mom facing the dilemma of what to take and what not to take and eventually it leads to questioning me of why am I taking that extra pair of jeans? or asking papa for why he is not packing his pair of clothes in another bag pack? 

Finally, she ends up taking one more luggage (with her angry bird face) !!

This happens to all of us, isn't it? This also happens with our life as well.

Think this way- the limited life span we have is like different sizes of briefcases or suitcases and all those expectations and desire we feel or own- are the stuff which we keep on putting into and with every extra desire or expectations, we pray that it gets fit in that briefcase.

Who don't want to have everything? Who doesn't want to have all? If I have been ever asked to choose anyone out of two or more, I feel like keeping both of them or keeping all.. or sometimes if I bravely choose something, the next very moment it feels like - if I have chosen the other, I might have enjoyed more or felt more beneficial.

Some of my favourite quotes-

"If you expect nothing from anybody, you’re never disappointed." - Sylvia Plath.

"When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are." - Donald Miller

There is a very thin line of difference between - Expectation, needs, desire and dreams. There is no limit to dream (I do alot, most of them are day dreaming though) but there is a struggle between expectations, needs and desire. The more expectations we keep the more need will germinate and the more deep desire we will grow to get that; and here we are- overloading our life with these oversized and bulky things..

Our life is limited as the size of briefcases, but still we keep on expecting every possible things and desire more and more. When all these expectations or desires or needs does not get fulfilled we feel sad, failed and engrossed infront of others.

The blets of the suitcases or briefcase helps to hold our stuff in right place so that when we want to sum up, it will close neatly and further when we'll open it infront of others it will not embarrass us..

Same way our situations, our ability and all other practical scenarios - are the belts, which hold us and make us realise that we need to stop overloading our life with everything - whether we need them now or later we want them or not!!!

This is nothing new, I can bet you can also give me a long speech on this ( as I am doing right now), but my dear friends! I just want to look at it in a simple way.

Next time whenever you packing your briefcase or suitcases or bagpacks, do think for a moment - are you stuffing your life with enough expectations, desires or needs, so that it will not blot and frustrate or disappoint you? Hope it will embarrass you when your life will be taken as an example infront of others!!