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Post by puppybox on Dec 2, 2008 16:59:02 GMT -5
dayeanu, that is a great story. Don't we all jsut want our treasures to be appreciated by the perfect person. Well I guess sometimes they are!
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Post by messymimi on Dec 2, 2008 20:57:29 GMT -5
I have finally decided I just don't want to live, and die, this way.
messymimi
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Post by sleepymom on Dec 3, 2008 10:53:14 GMT -5
I wrote a huge, long reply yesterday about coming to terms with all different types and layers of stuff. After rereading it, I realized the whole thing boiled down to two points.
1. Getting rid of things no-one here will ever want or need again. This includes old paperwork, books, clothes, knick-knacks, games no one has played, plus the out-right trash. Basically anything that isn`t absolutely needed or loved.
2. Figuring out what is absolutely needed or loved. It might be helpful to take a little time to make a list of what is minimal of things you need to keep, both to keep yourself & home functioning, and things that you love. Theoretically, everything else can be tossed or donated, giving yourself amnesty to get rid of (in whatever way) things that are perfectly good, but not absolutly necessary to keep at the moment.
I say theoretically, because I haven`t myself been able yet to get rid of all the layers that aren`t absolutely necessary. I do use these guidelines when making decisions about things, but I haven`t yet been in a real crunch where I`ve had to pare down quickly.
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Post by Script on Dec 3, 2008 11:08:13 GMT -5
I wrote a huge, long reply yesterday about coming to terms with all different types and layers of stuff. After rereading it, I realized the whole thing boiled down to two points. I too wrote a 'huge long reply yesterday'. I appear to have lost it. Blessing in disguise? My two points: - what I have has to fit here, in the space I have now
- I am not the custodian for the Universe: if I don't want it, that's the end: I am not obliged to save, store or maintain any item for the future use of friends, neighbours, family, colleagues, clients.
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Post by messymimi on Dec 3, 2008 12:08:48 GMT -5
"You leave old habits behind by starting out with the thought, 'I release the need for this in my life'." Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
I'm starting to believe that's how to let go of stuff, too.
messymimi
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Post by clearwaterush on Dec 4, 2008 22:07:22 GMT -5
If It isn't important I toss it easily.
If I think I want to toss it, it goes on the love seat for me to see when I walk past, then it quickly goes into the trash bin.
If I love it: The pains in my stomach are unbearable and NOTHING can make me part with it.
I have not tossed anything I didn't need or want. I am comfortable with that.
I feel the things I have kept are a part of me and have found a place for them. It SEEMS like I should toss more things-but I just can't. I like start getting mad at the thought of getting rid of the thing and start hyperventilating! Weird!
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