Blessings and Baggage

In my meandering thoughts today this one occurred to me – blessings to baggage.  There is this human capacity (one I fear I have highly developed) to take blessings and turn them into “baggage.”  Work from a good job becomes life’s driving force.  Having money, one becomes focused with how to handle it.  Food, hobbies, and of course the family and friends in our lives, all blessings, can easily be turned into “baggage.”  One thought that occurs to me here is that this (the perception of “blessing” or “baggage”) is in large part (if not fully) a matter of perspective.