{"id":1165,"date":"2014-10-02T15:17:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T19:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/truthsyoucanuse\/?p=1165"},"modified":"2016-12-02T19:39:17","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T00:39:17","slug":"the-secret-to-traveling-light-a-jewish-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/truthsyoucanuse\/2014\/10\/the-secret-to-traveling-light-a-jewish-story.html","title":{"rendered":"The Secret to Traveling Light: A Jewish Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

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O<\/span>nce upon a time, a poor man walked from town to town. He carried a heavy load on his back.<\/p>\n

One day a wagon\u00a0driver stopped his horse and offered him a ride to the next town. The grateful man said \u201cYes, thank you for your kindness.\u201d<\/p>\n

After they had gone a few minutes, the wagon driver turned around. He saw the poor man still carried the load\u00a0on his back.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t need to carry that heavy load. You can put it down on the wagon.\u201d<\/p>\n

The poor man, \u201cYou\u2019ve been so kind to pick me up. I can\u2019t ask you to carry my load as well.<\/p>\n

So the poor man kept walking from town to town, carrying and hobbling around with his heavy load.<\/p>\n

We can lighten up<\/b><\/p>\n

Too often we are like the poor wandering man. We carry the heavy load of anger, of regret, of grudges long after we could have set them down.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

God is like the wagon driver who says we don\u2019t have to carry them alone. God can handle them. Indeed, God can lift us up and carry us to the next stop\u00a0on our journey.<\/p>\n

This story was originally told by the traveling Jewish mystical preacher, the Magid of Dubnow.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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