Have you watch the movie Up in the Air? If you have, you might be remember the scene when the main character talks about the backpack metaphor, which I found out thought provoking. Sometimes we are confronted by the difficulty of deciding who and what to keep in our backpacks and who and what we should or need to let go. We can weigh ourself by carrying too much emotional baggage or maintaining relationships that are counterproductive and we will hard to move perpetually in progressive direction to continuously encounter new experiences. But if it is empty it's highly likely that our life lacks emotional fulfillment.
Considering my backpack, it's certainly not empty. It's full of great family, good friends and amazing experiences. However, I do feel as though it's a little light for its size, meaning that my connections to its contents are not as strong as I would like. I'll keep trying to do a better job of adding meaningful weight to my life
