There is a story about a teacher asking a student to hold a book with her stretched hand and guess its weight.
The teacher then asks another student to hold the book for a bit longer and then guess its weight.
The weight of the book was the same. But it weighed heavier when held longer.
Physical weight. Emotional weight.
They both tend to get heavier as we carry them with us.
Grief, trauma, grudge, regrets…
They all weigh on us, slowing us down in our journey.
And it’s not easy to release some of the deeper, heavier memories we hold.
But wisdom would urge us to travel light.