It's a trend I've been wanting to explore & think I have been at it for a while...as Oprah would say 'leaning towards' it. Just little bits, but I'm finding the less I want, the more I acknowledge that I want less, the happier & more worry free I'm becoming.
Is this possible? For quite a while I find it therapeudic to throw things away. I am turning into my own mom. I remember how I used to be annoyed that she would toss so much, but now I do the same. I don't want to be tied down, I want to live within my means, I want to be sustainable. Sustainable financially, emotionally & responsibly to the earth.
Giving things away is a good feeling, freeing up a corner in my house, even better. The less I'm making of my baggage, the easier it is to walk across the tightrope.
Wonderful husband still hasn't mentioned one word to me about the free-standing punching bag that I got rid of on freecycle about 3 years ago. My friends couldn't believe I did it, but still, either he has just accepted that after almost 11 years I toss things he doesn't use, or he really, truly hasn't noticed...it's a wonderful thing. It's how we live in harmony and appreciate each other. This is how we root each other on for our own feats and acrobatics.
If I had to label wonderful husband as a circus act, he would be a lion tamer...calm, sure of himself, and centered...I'm the tightrope walker, balancing everything on a fine line, somehow figuring it out how to get it all done without falling off.
There are lots of things that help me keep my balance...people in my life and the love from these many different people. It's love that is simply the thing we all need. I want to voluntarily give it back to these same people. After all, love makes the world go round...gosh, this is the theme song from 'Carnival', my senior year play...funny that I just realized I'm still in the theater with an circus theme.
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