Time for some Latin. This one is something that some of us dream of, but very few can realize. To be able to have so little that you can carry it all with you, anywhere you go. To have that freedom. It is about minimalism, the strive to have so little that material things do not present an obstacle to one’s living and moving around.
Perhaps we can stretch this in our modern world to having everything you own fit in your camper. Where you have a neat painting hanging on the wall reminding you that there is “A place for everything and everything in its place“. So, not quite like in that distressing picture above (which is meant as a joke of course), but still, covered by this fine phrase:
Omnia mea mecum porto
i.e. “All that is mine, I carry with me”(everything mine with me I carry). It is a quote that the Roman philosopher and orator Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC) ascribes to the Greek sage Bias of Priene who lived five centuries before him, and who is known for many other words of wisdom as well.
Journeys of Life 