Less luggage, more comfort

We all strive for success, peace and happiness. Yet, we often forget a simple truth: the less luggage we carry, the more comfort we enjoy. This 'luggage' includes emotional, mental, spiritual and material burdens. The lighter our load, the smoother our journey.

Think of a school-going child. In nursery, the bag holds only essentials - colourful books, stories, play activities. But as the years pass, the bag grows heavier, weighed down by expectations, pressure and comparisons. The child's joy and speed give way to fatigue. Adults face the same pattern: as we accumulate more - whether possessions, grudges or regrets - our pace slows, our clarity fades and our joy diminishes.

In life's transitions - changing jobs, cities or relationships - those who let go of emotional and mental baggage adjust more easily. Clinging to past mistakes, broken relationships or past glories blocks us from living fully in the present. With forgiveness, we free both ourselves and others.


In the Bhagwad Gita, Krishn urges action without attachment. Buddhism teaches letting go of desires. Jainism values renunciation and minimalism. In Islam, Prophet Muhammad encouraged detachment from worldly excess. Christian mystics stressed simplicity and inner silence. M K Gandhi rejected not just material greed but ego and pride.

Letting go makes us lighter, freer and more at ease with life's uncertainties. Life is a journey between birth and death, and everything in between is temporary.