More about me and Why I Weed....

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As I look around my little home here on Red Rock Hill...I believe I am beginning to feel more comfortable with my (inside) surroundings. The things I have chosen to keep through my weeding process ,I find I am more content with. Am I done weeding? No,and it may be that it becomes a regular routine for my life to weed,especially if I bring home other things from time to time. I have truly found that less stuff....brings more of everything else for me...more peace of mind...more time to think about what is most important, etc. What I have..I want to use,to enjoy...to see on a daily basis...not stored away ,tucked under beds...pushed back in the corners of closets. I do realize that some things,seasonal,holiday stuff,etc will always require to be stored for a season,but other than those things... I don't want stored STUFF! Which is what I am working toward here in my home. If I don't use it,can't see it...why should I keep it when others may have use for it? Books that I think I may never read again...I will pass them on for others to enjoy. Books are one thing I have found to be dear to me over the last few years. I finely found an opportunity in my life to read and read I have done.  This year I will try and keep a record of the books I do read,just to look back and refer to. I made myself a rule in this home some time ago and I must say I have not follow through with it as of yet,but this is one goal..I plan to accomplish this year. If I have collections...they will consist of four! Thus,the four teddy bears in my previous post! Why four? Well... it is said if you have three of anything..it becomes a collection,but I don't like odd numbers :)   So four it is!  I will also limit my collections as a whole.
This is all working toward simplifying my life more...their was a need for it because I felt it in my spirit. Some of you may not get that,but it makes perfect sense to me. Some of you may have looked at my life and thought..How much more simple could a life be? But I think...no matter how simple you may think ones life may be...there is always ways of making it more simple,and freeing.  I want to be open to the leading of the Holy Spirit...I don't want to be tied down by stuff that needs managed and maintained. If at some point I need to leave here,for whatever reason...I want to leave with a clear conscious of what I am leaving behind. And I don't ever want my stuff to become some other persons burden. That is the best way I can explain it!

Saying all this...I must also say...I have never had a problem with hoarding. I do love stuff and have always been one to enjoy shopping at thrift stores,flea markets and the like. In the past...I bought to resale..and when I became unable to do so any longer it left me with a lot of stuff...which I had to get rid of. I have never had a problem with letting go,as I know some people do and I feel for those people,because it must be terrible to feel the need to cling to things. I am the type..if you were to say...I really like this..I would most likely reply with Please,take it,I want you to have it! I don't say this in anyway to glorify myself,just to help you understand me better.....Enough said for this time :)

‎"Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful."
~William Morris, 19th Century Designer


Well,the sun is shining here today...its a beautiful day and I am soon off to Walmart with my daughter to pick up my medicine and a few necessary items. I hope the sun is shining where you are...if not let the SON shine in your heart! That is sure to make your day brighter...indeed!