It’s been a few months and lots of shuffling but I’m seeing changes happening in what stuff--physical items--I am tending to let go or keep.
Through parents and relatives I’ve inherited many things from collectibles to clothes and furniture. I have attachments to some items not because of financial value but because they invoke memories of a time or place with that person or group.
I want not to forget but to remember these things. So here’s my plan—I’ll take pictures of what I’m letting go (well, most everything) to reflect upon and then I have a record or more portable version of that thing I will miss. It’s something I decided to do today, now, as I realize I can’t attach myself mentally, physically, spiritually or emotionally to things if I want to feel true freedom. It’s ok that I remember and enjoy those memories these things invoke. But to cling to them as if they offer me they key to happiness and freedom, that’s not my path now.
To the people who will inherit or obtain these things, enjoy them as I did. Then let them go, not without a few pictures snapped before their departure though. This is freedom-enhancing advice that I plan on sticking to as my newest growth experiment.
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I think you will find it very liberating Sue ... shedding baggage to travel a little lighter on your journey.
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