Well, that was a bit of a misleading title.
It's more of a big decluttering.
I don't know the last time I have actually "seen" this side of our garage. I am still wondering about "a random hole in the wall actually got there", but I am sure it is somewhat due to sloffing around gads of furniture and "useless crap" in this garage.
And I have to say.
The "little decluttering" is feeling magical.
Even though I would much rather be planting all of these
I feel like I'm a fork in my junking road where , mind you, I really never had an emotional connection to "junk". A few pieces. Yes. A few remourseful sell offs where I say "crap, I wish I would of kept that piece"
Maybe this will be one of them this year at The Farmchicks Show"
But where would I really put it?
It's not going to fit anywhere. And I have no plans on opening a store where it needs to truly be for a front counter.
So nope. No emotional ties to getting it out of my driveway and onto the Big Show.
So decluttering this year has truly been about just "getting rid of it all" for the sake of I "don't need it, don't want it, don't want it around, and I am not holding on to it for a garage sale, and would rather donate it to those who could use it" philosophy.
But decluttering in a different way too.
And today was very interesting when my little "bestie" text me a "one minute speech" her daughter was presenting today on "character".
You see. I think "decluttering" also is about myself, the way I live my life. Not just junk, but my thoughts, the way I treat others, or random chance encounters, or how I allow others in my world to change my path that I want to be living.
And then I get this text of the "speech" a very "wise little 18 year old is giving today".
I wanted to share it with you all.
If you say the word “character” to me, I will think of my father. He is wise,
strong, authentic… but most of all, he is steadfast. He is consistent. My dad
is the same person everywhere he goes. Abraham Lincoln once described character
as being a tree, and our reputation as the shadow. The shadow is people’s
perception of who we are, but the tree is the real thing. We must be in reality
what we wish to appear to others. We see many people in our society today that
are adapted to cutting corners – who can walk in their surroundings and be one
person, and look in the mirror to find another. Those with character have the
authenticity and the consistency to follow through with their morals, just like
my dad strives to do. Like we say before our softball games – we have to leave
everything out on the field the right way before God, because at the end of the
day we want to look into the mirror knowing we gave everything we had and
remained steadfast to who we are.
Something to ponder while decluttering today.
