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Mind, Body, Soul
Picking Your
Battles
By Mona Lease
Greetings, Gals! I sat listening to a couple of gals talk. I found the
following most interesting.
"I'm giving away most of my stuff. I'm not even going to try to sell
it. It's just going to go...some how...some way...it's all going."
"I have blankets, blankets, and more blankets. Really...how many
blankets do you need?? You normally wash your bedding and put it back
on the bed. I found blankets I had stored in the back of my closet that
had mouse poop in them...mouse poop! I guess moth balls only last so
long. I found moth holes, too."
"That's all just too much work...change the moth balls...repack the
blankets...you really should wash the blankets before you redo the moth
balls. And then you really should wash out the closet, too. I could
spend five hours doing all of that...just in a closet! And these
blankets still have not touched my bed in I don't know how many years."
"I hear you. I have dining table service for twelve. I've only ever had
four people at my dining table 360 days out of the year. I have
silverware for the same amount of people. That leaves eight of
everything to stay on the bottom of the flatware tray."
"I have an upright vacuum sweeper, a hand-held sweeper, a whisk broom,
and a regular broom. I can do everything with the vacuum sweeper and
it's attachments."
"I have all of these "momentos" and they collect dust...a plate from
the Florida Keys...a bell from New York...a cast iron pig from
Kansas..a pack of sewing needles from Indiana...the list goes on
forever. I didn't use the needles to sew because they were a souvenir.
Now all of this just needs dusted. Jeez."
"I know. I have clothes, clothes, and more clothes. I have clothes to
jog in, clothes to lounge around in, clothes for semi-good, clothes for
Sunday-good, and clothes for good-good. I wear the same two or three
outfits to church...out of like twelve. It all just lays in a drawer or
hangs in a closet...more stuff to clean."
"Yes, and then I got to thinking. I spend like...three hours out of
every day cooking and cleaning up that mess...and cleaning the floors
of pet hair...stuff they track in in their paws and what I track in on
my shoes. Add to that how many hours it takes to dust the furniture,
wipe down walls, wash ceilings, and wash baseboards. "
"Right! And then if you have your carpets steam-cleaned. All of the
knick-knacks...all of the pictures in frames setting on tables...all of
it has to be moved out of the room. There just has to be a better
way...doesn't there?"
"Yes, there's a better way. However many people live in the
house...that's how many plates, glasses, knives, forks, spoons, etc .
And no more 15 pairs of socks because I bought them "on sale." They
clog up my drawers. I'm stopping all of the boots, shoes, sandals,
sneakers, etc. It's more stuff t clean around in the bottom of the
closet...or beside the back door."
"Check this out, girl. All of this cleaning...I could be spending time
with my grandchildren. I could save all of the money I spend on this
stuff...all of the money I spend on cleaning supplies...I could go see
my children and grandchildren that live out-of-state."
"Yep...and the best part for me is: My mind won't be clogged up with
all of these things I know I should be doing."
From me: I'm going to try this. Maybe I don't need all of the
"momentos" to remind me. Maybe I just need to take the time to remember.
Maybe I don't need to buy the stuff just because it's "on sale."
"Sometimes all you need is for someone to just be there, even if they
can't solve your problems. Just knowing there is someone who cares can
make all the difference." sun.gazing.com
The best is yet to be! MONA
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