Burdens and Backpacks

What did you pack for your Camino? Were you able to pare down to a super ultra light pack or are you like me? And no matter how many Caminos you walk, you still find that you inevitably pack too much. I'm a fairly big guy, so I can carry a lot and I don't like to go without if there's something I think I might need, but when I carry too much, my body begins to wear down, my hips hurt, my back hurts, my legs give out earlier in the day. There is a spiritual parallel here that is profound afraid of what I might need or arrogant enough to think that the rules don't apply to me. I hold on to things in my life that wear me down. We all do it. Discarding these burdens may feel like too significant a cost or that it just isn't possible to let the burden go. Ask yourself, what price are you paying by carrying them? Imagine what would it be like to walk without this weight? What would happen if I forgave that person? Who would I be if I didn't feel I had to solve everyone else's problems? Can I place my hopes and dreams in God's hands? And so like an overfilled backpack, we carry things in our life that we do not need, which harm us. All the while we could put these burdens down and find ease. If you've unloaded something from your backpack that you found you didn't need, you know what it is like to unload something of this nature today. Jesus invites us. Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me. For I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. My yoke is easy and my burden is light. Matthew 1128 to 30.