🌳 The Empty Backpack
One morning, you wake up at the beginning of a long journey.
Beside you is a backpack.
It is not an ordinary backpack.
Inside it are all your emotions, dreams, fears, regrets, achievements, and memories.
As you walk along the road, you meet an elderly person.
They smile and say:
"That looks like a heavy load you're carrying."
You reply:
"Yes, but it's part of who I am."
The elder gently shakes their head and says:
"Not everything you carry is meant to be carried for a lifetime."
Then they hand you three boxes.
Each box has a label:
📦 LET GO
📦 KEEP
📦 PASS ON
The elder says:
"Choose one thing from your backpack for each box."
"One thing you will release."
"One thing you will keep for the rest of your life."
"And one thing you will pass on to the next generation."
🧐 Questions
What would you place in the LET GO box?
What would you place in the KEEP box?
What would you place in the PASS ON box?
Why?
@CloudPotato
This is actually super interesting! 💛
Let go box-
All things no longer benefiting my mind, body or soul.
Hold on/ Keep-
Everything worth cherishing like love and love ones.
Pass On-
Everything worth sharing and encouraging a multiplication of hehe, like all things compassionate, kind, thoughtful and loving!
@Sunisshiningandsoareyou
Thank you for sharing such thoughtful, uplifting reflections. 😊
