Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Fear for the Future?

What if you begin to tidy and you find you are having a hard time letting go of something, even though it doesn’t bring you joy.  Marie suggests asking yourself a three part question:


Am I having trouble getting rid of this because of an attachment to the past? A fear for the future? Or a combination of both? Whoa.  This brought me up short as I read it.  I immediately identified my problem.  I held onto things because I thought I might need them some day – a desire for stability in the future is what that is.  That was a life-changing realization.  If I needed something in the future and I had gotten rid of it, would that be bad?  No.  I could just go buy a new one!  There are stores around here!  I bet you have stores where you live, too! I hope this helps you look at your things and make a decision as to what to do with it just like it did for me.

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