Leo Babauta shared this back in March…
We often load ourselves up when we travel, because we want to be prepared for various situations. This burden of being prepared leaves us with our arms full, unable to receive whatever is there when we arrive.
It leaves us tired from carrying, so that we are not happy when we meet someone new on our travels.
What if we traveled with empty hands, ready to embrace new experiences, receive new foods, touch new people?
We might feel less prepared when we leave, but the preparedness is an illusion. Stuff doesn’t make us prepared. Having empty hands but a heart that is full of love leaves us prepared for anything.
This doesn’t just apply to taking a trip, but to living each day. Each day is a journey, and we load ourselves up with material possessions, with tasks and projects, with things to read and write, with meetings and calls and texts. Our hands are full, not ready for anything new.
Drop everything, be open to everything.
Enter each day empty-handed, and full-hearted.
It reminds me. A long time ago when I was a new dad I made it a practice to leave my things in the car and make my first trip into the house empty-handed. I sought out my wife and two boys and made sure that I reconnected with them immediately. Now I have been a dad for 24 years. I am tired. I am not as intentional sometimes. I come into the house with hands full and in a hurry…
“Only let us live up to what we have already attained.” Philippians 3 NIV – No Confidence in the Flesh – Further, – Bible Gateway
Sigh…
Bright, shiny objects! 
What do you think?