22nd Mar 2012 Baggage Of Life, Just In Case

A lady friend of mine just returned to Spain where she lives now, from England where she used to and now visits often to see family & friends. As she did after each and every visit in the last 5 years since we became sort of friends, complained bitterly about Ryan Air, the low-cost airline. That she always had 'Huge' problems with not being allowed to carry on board more than just a small hand luggage. ( one of the reasons being much cheaper than regular flights of other airlines) Her argument is 'what if it suddenly turned very cold (hot), what if somebody invites you to a posh restaurant (a formal dinner dance, wedding), what if you got sick and need to stay there for a month instead of 2 week & a dozen other etc. In addition the 2 or 3 novels they 'must' have 'in case' there's a delay of the plane, train, or bus. (They can read at home every & any day, why go abroad to read instead of enjoying new surroundings or scenery beats me)

I have also known other people in the past, including men, but more so as always women, who go for a one week stay to a beach hotel, taking with them 2 or 3 suitcases full of everything they think they might need 'just in case', including things they themselves know well they won't need but, 'just in case'.

I leaned since my early teen years from my profession as a fashion, photographic and advertising model, having to travel a lot internationally, staying in hotels almost more than at home, taking excess baggage would be a real nightmare. Thanks to that profession too, I have also learned to make the same clothes look different but varying with different ways of combination, different accessories, turning casual day-wear into more formal or glamorous evening looks. I sometimes pin the same pair of earrings on my hair or on my shoes, even on my handbag. And the scarf can be used as a waist-belt, or wind round the piled up hair. If I lost one earring, I just wore 2 different ones, and found some girls copying!

I think the same principal should be applied on life itself. Never carry unnecessary baggage, only the essential and dump the burdens, to leave you enough time and plenty of energy to live it, instead of tugging and dragging the weight of luggage of life around permanently.

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