Luggage, Baggage and Garbage

Travelling is good when there is the means, reason and opportunity for it. While there are several means of travelling, air travels has been severally described as the fastest.

For air travels, airline operators typically specify limits on what can be carried on-board. Hence, there are weight and item restrictions put in place to ensure passenger safety and the operators’ compliance with aviation regulatory standards.

In my previous air travels, I have had instances where I discarded personal items in garbage bins at airports because my baggage weighed more than the specified limits. In one or two instances, I had opted for the option of paying extra fees to go above the designated weight limits because I considered certain items too valuable to be left behind.

In all cases, the processing times at the check-in counters were longer than normal. I could have saved myself time and money by managing my luggage and staying with the allowable limits.

Every day, we travel; at dawn we board and at dusk, we on-board. Each day we carry specific pieces of luggage around and some of them are necessary. We carry the luggage of plans, ideas, dreams and vision around and by omission or commission we sometimes also carry extra and unnecessary pieces of luggage with us: we carry the luggage of bitterness, anger, envy, pride, regret and other vices around.

At check-ins, we delay ourselves and waste valuable resources that could be put to other uses that are good.

To move fast and arrive at our destination in time, there is just so much we can carry on the journey of life. Ungodly vices would cost us additional expenses and delay our journey. In fact, they can turn a forty minutes’ dash into a forty year rigmarole.

January 2017 is our time to toss every unnecessary luggage in the garbage bin and travel seamlessly for the rest of the year.

Welcome on-board!