Have you seen this picture? Anna's post really got my attention.  The picture is meant to be a metaphor of sorts, the suitcase representing the baggage we have carried along into our adult lives.  She asks:

  "Aren't we all using one hand to hold on to the ones we love, and the other to carry the suitcase as best we can?"

I have thought so much about this and contrasted it with the yoke Jesus describes, which is not to be a burden but to be light and intended to help us do a great work. A good first question for the new year might well be, "What is in your suitcase?"  Is it possible it may be a weight you were never intended to carry?  Can we really chase after His best for us while tethered, white knuckled,  to the bag?