Bill
commutes daily to his office by public transport. Starting with the bus, train
and again by bus. He repeats the same on every working day. He is a very committed
employee who loves his work. He has a backpack, in which he carries the
heavy laptop, his lunch & breakfast, his pouch, some notes, small water
bottle and also an umbrella. (Forgot to mention that he is organised and well
prepared for any situation). Backpacks usually last for few years. They get
broken, tear off or at most getting their color faded off. The only option
would be to buy a new backpack, once your old is not usable. And also
transferring the items from the old one to the new one.
Bill
had to do this process several times. And this is what happened when he changed
his backpack for the last time.
Bill almost transferred everything, yet the old backpack is heavy for Bill. Bill checked all the pockets and then he found the reason. It was a huge collection of coins. That was the set of coins he got as the change from the bus conductors when he traveled back and forth from to office home.
Poor Bill did this for a long time, without noticing or realizing this. The worst part is, he rejected the extra lunch his mom gave to offer for any of his office mates. He felt his backpack was heavy and it was the extra lunch that giving him trouble.
He actually carried something excess, some garbage all day in day out. (It is true that coins are not a garbage, but it does not have much value).
Bill almost transferred everything, yet the old backpack is heavy for Bill. Bill checked all the pockets and then he found the reason. It was a huge collection of coins. That was the set of coins he got as the change from the bus conductors when he traveled back and forth from to office home.
Poor Bill did this for a long time, without noticing or realizing this. The worst part is, he rejected the extra lunch his mom gave to offer for any of his office mates. He felt his backpack was heavy and it was the extra lunch that giving him trouble.
He actually carried something excess, some garbage all day in day out. (It is true that coins are not a garbage, but it does not have much value).
How
many of us are doing the same on everyday? We carry Anger, Jealousy, thought of
getting a revenge, etc... we give room to all bad by chasing away all the good
we have.
Is not it the right time to do a small retrospective(look back
at your day) at night and get our backpacks cleaned?
We will surely carry less weight and we will have some room to carry something else.
We will surely carry less weight and we will have some room to carry something else.
(Remember the extra lunch?)
Check your backpack every day. It is you who needs to do this. No one else can do it for you. You have both good and bad with you. The more you feed daily, will have more strength to stand.
Feed the right one...
Happy backpack cleaning !!!