Packing Away Stuff

     If you were to look around your room, chances are that you have a fair amount of stuff in it. We tend to collect stuff -- both necessities and simple joys. We surround ourselves with these objects and make our dwelling space comfortable. Sometimes we even get our identity wrapped up in our possessions. After all, it is our stuff. We can feel tied to it and where we keep it -- so much so that we feel that we can not live without our stuff. We collect it, store it, and protect it. The possessions we keep are our lives.

     But have you ever had to move? Can you picture what it takes to transport all the stuff of your life from where you are to a new place entirely? Sorting through everything and then packing it away into boxes and bags. Being careful and meticulous with your most valuable and dear possessions. Stuffing the clothes and shoes where you can. Throwing and shoving the odds and ends that you find at the end of the move into any place for the trip. Once everything is packed away in the car or truck, there is an odd moment. You can breathe. All that stuff is out of sight and, most likely, out of reach. You will find that you are not needing any of it at that very moment. You are alive and getting along just fine without having access to every little thing that you own. We need to realize that we have possessions merely for their comfort or entertainment. There is actually very little that we need to live our lives.

So, pack away the stuff of life and enjoy life.