Letting go is not easy; it's not easy when it is your own flesh and blood; it's not easy when it is your things. But, over the last year, I've been learning how to let things go. And in the process, I've been learning a powerful lesson. Letting things go doesn't leave a void. Instead, it is opening me up to new things - new possibilities, new experiences, new room for more in my life. And this is a good thing.
Earlier this year, my husband and I made a decision to starting letting go of some things. The first thing we let go of was our pride. We admitted to a close group of friends that we needed help getting rid of some of the clutter in our lives. And we let our pastor in to see the mess that had become our basement - a dumping ground for all the things in our lives that we no longer had room for "upstairs." And our friends and pastor stepped in, helping us to be ready to clear out and relinquish the clutter.
The next thing we let go of was a lot of physical objects that no longer served a purpose for us. We consciously let go of things - deciding that some was just trash, but that others would have usefulness to families in need or could find a new loving home elsewhere. We discovered a wonderful service that would allow us to "recycle" objects that others needed and released those things to them. Score a save from the landfills!
Eventually, as we let go of so much, we found that there was room for more in our lives - more time with family, with each other, and with friends. We have space to be a family in, to work in, to think in. And the more we have let go of things, the more time we have to engage in what matters ... our lives with each other
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