Let Them Carry It
If someone offers to carry the heavy bag, let them. You don't have to prove you can manage it alone. Put it down in their hands, walk lighter for a block or two, and say thank you without adding an apology. Being helped is not the same as being helpless. Let yourself be carried a little today, and carry someone else tomorrow.
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