If I could...
I would donate all of my unnecessary belongings and live smaller. I often view my home, although small by standard, as a storage unit for my life's collected items. To downsize my "needs" would be liberating indeed! I hold on to these things tightly, however, as I may one day be in absolute need of that item tucked away in the back of the closet. And so goes the story with a hundred other items, stowed away for the day of necessity that looms ahead forever and is never realized. I heat and cool my home for these items, I light the hall and closets for them. If only I were not afraid of the things I may one day need, I could capture my ideal and live the small life I've always dreamed of: small consumption, small waste, small footprint. It is not to say that I live extravagantly, but there is more I could do if I did not fear being "without". A small life is rich with possibility; I could give more freely of my time and talents, be more mobile, live spontaneously and be more in accordance with the principles of Earth stewardship.
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I agree that sometimes it would be nice to get rid of junk, but you guys are already the yard sale masters. Candi and I have a serious collection problem.
ReplyDeleteBut do take into account the fact that some of the "stuff" out there actually can help reduce carbon footprints, and improve overall efficiency. Just a thought.
just keep hitting the hills...you are starting to sound like i guy i aspire to be...take it away henry...
ReplyDeleteI went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life,and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Nice quote Amy- very appropriate. I am reading that book right now, actually. =)
ReplyDeleteSpencer- yeah, true- but I don't think any of the stuff I have right now helps the carbon footprint =). Oh, except my little garden. I think that does something good for the earth.