I had this realization last week. It sounds very pessimistic, but that is not how I mean it. I was cleaning the laundry room and utility room and clearing my crafting supplies out of the family room in the basment. In case you didn't know this about me, I like to keep stuff. For a long time. As I was sorting, I was just tickled with every item that I could throw away or donate. It dawned on me that the only difference between when I stored the throw-away items and now was the time elapsed. Apparently my attachment to a lot of things fades over time. SO...time had made garbage out of my stuff.
For some reason, I continued to think about this concept. It applies quite aptly to my physical body, for sure. I feel time making garbage out of that on a daily basis. It also applies to all the material things that we hold so dear. Why, if it will eventually be garbage, do we care so much? Maybe if I remember the destiny of this "stuff" I will hold on to it a little more loosely.
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SOOOOO TRUE!!! Going through all sorts of stuff in preparation for the nursery, I realized that the once important things are now merely useless and in the way. However, I don't think time changes things, I think time changes us and our perspective on things. I guess we all grow up at some point (except husbands, they seem to never grow up)...
Claudia
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