Enlightenment

“If you think you’re enlightened, visit your family for a week.” I chuckle as I reflect on this Ram Das quote. I’m doing my last minute packing for my upcoming trip for my mom‘s birthday where I’ll have another chance to check on my “enlightenment.”

I noticed a couple of items I placed in my luggage diminished my sense of enlightenment even before I depart. Like an anchor to a part of my past, releasing these items frees me up to sail onward toward my future. I no longer need “any port in a storm” and can be selective where I place my anchor.

When’s the last time you spent a week with your family? How enlightened did you feel well you were with them? Ki to Happiness lightens her luggage.