Baggage and the curated destiny
I view life like a train with many cars. We all board the train as passengers, carrying with us an empty satchel. As we ride, we fill this bag with memories and the emotions attached to them. The bag can get pretty full because we tend to be neglectful of emptying it of the things that no longer serve us. Sometimes we think those things are genuinely purposeful in our lives and we guard them, paying more attention to them than we do the beautiful scenery and the companions sh