How much stuff do you have? Do you have all that you need? Maybe you have more than you need? Could you use more stuff?
While journaling tonight, I realized that we all have “stuff”. We can’t take it with us either. I could live without so much and have learned to give up some things in order to have less. Less dusting, cleaning, storing, and everything that comes with that.
We collect things that are “stuff” because we like/love it. Do those we leave behind like/love it as much as we do? People put value on those things that others have no idea the cost – money, feelings, memories.
We can’t take it with us when we get to that point, our end of days. I watched my maternal grandmother go from a two-bedroom home, with all her and grandpa’s things, to a one-bedroom apartment, then to a one-room residence in the nursing home.
So much of what she had meant so much to her, but she couldn’t take it with her. She gave many of their clocks away to children and grandchildren. I am grateful for – the chimers, the cuckoo, the train whistle, so many different clocks.
She kept the most precious things and the things she needed to live – her bed, dresser, couch, television, kitchen table & chairs. So little, but so much.
If we don’t have thousands of square feet to live in, we don’t understand how we could live. The space one wants only leads to filling with stuff. I am reminded of what my husband says when I buy one pair of shoes – you need to throw three away! Haha (See post about a used pair of shoes – https://tammydaily85.org/those-irreplaceable-shoes )
I have lived in one of those thousands of square feet homes and now have less than half of it and find that I can live without all that stuff. I could even live with less, however, I am not ready to give up some of that and neither is my husband. Soon we will. Maybe sooner than later.
One less bed, table, couch, chair, dishes, books – who knows what else. I challenge you to look at all your “stuff” and see what you really have. Do you even know what you have, or need?