WHAT'S IT ALL MEAN? Gaining A New Perspective On The Stuff In
Your Life
WHAT?S IT ALL MEAN? Gaining A New Perspective On The ?Stuff? In
Your Life
On the surface, organizing is about time, space, money, and
stuff. Underneath, it?s about inner clarity, strength, and the
choices we make every day. When life is disorganized and
complicated on the outside, very often it?s a reflection of
what?s going on inside a person...a barometer of sorts. Bottom
line is that people are different, circumstances are different
and I certainly don?t claim to know it all. But there is one
thing I do know, and that is this: Stuff is stuff.
Like an anchor to the past, your stuff holds you in its grip,
never letting you fully look to the future, to what could be.
Instead it forces you to look at, and to live among what was,
what might have been, or what will never be. Stuff is not love,
it?s not anger, it?s not sadness or grief. It?s not happy or
sad, it?s not good or bad. It has no feelings or thoughts, it
can?t laugh with you or cry with you, and it doesn?t get hurt
when you throw it against the wall in frustration.
It?s not your friend or your enemy. It holds no opinions or
grudges or judgments. Because it?s not human. You see, your
stuff is just like everyone else?s. It?s paper and ink and
plastic. It?s smooth or rough, soft or solid, it?s glass and
wood and leather. It?s colored fabric and wax and metal and
stone. It means nothing but what you tell it to mean. And in
this very fact lies freedom!
What you tell yourself that your stuff means will either free
you from its chains or enslave you. Today I challenge you to
change the way you think about your stuff. Take a good look
around with new eyes. Look at your paper and ink and plastic and
wood. And know that no matter what you tell yourself, stuff
isn?t anything but stuff. So keep in your life only what is
truly special, useful or meaningful, and free the rest to
benefit someone else.
When you free yourself of stuff, time commitments and all other
things no longer valuable, you are then free to pursue the
things you enjoy, spend time with those you love, find what
feeds your soul and gives you purpose.