Packing Light Quotes

“Where your passion meets their need, that is your calling.”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage

“...maybe the healthiest way to form expectations it to expect less in the specific and more in the general.”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage

“A special kind of simplicity happens when you leave behind all things unnecessary, and even some necessary ones. There is no noise, no chaotic motion—just silence. All of a sudden feelings start to rise to the surface you didn’t even know you had. You start to think thoughts you didn’t realize you were capable of thinking. There’s an incredible clarity of mind that comes to you when you leave everything comfortable behind.”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage

“As long as you're a spectator in your life, you're not a worshiper of God. You can be an obedient spectator, but not a worshiping spectator.”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage

“I thought about how houses weren't just houses. They were like relationships. They're where we unfold ourselves -- the real version of us -- the first-thing-in-the-morning, up-late-working, sick-as-a-dog, movie-watching, crying-in-a-heap version of ourselves. Slowly but surely, our places become a part of us.”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage

“You don’t have to go. You can stay home. It’s up to you. But if you let fear stop you from doing what you really want to do, you’ll regret that forever.”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage

“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” APOSTLE PAUL (PHILIPPIANS 4:12) PACKING”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage

“I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.” APOSTLE PAUL (PHILIPPIANS 4:12)”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage

“He helped us put a quart of oil in the car”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage

“but if we thought through all the potential hang-ups and holdups, if we pondered all the mistakes that we could possibly make, maybe it would prevent us from moving forward in our journey. And perhaps that would be the worst mistake of all.”
― Allison Vesterfelt, Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage