Simply Sweet #4

 I have always had a hankering for a quiet and simple life.

One that is calm and steady..connected to the natural environment around me, and conducive to contemplation and spiritual peace.

Simple..

with less possessions cluttering up the space within my home and mind.

Simple..

in a way that reflects who I am, both in this world and also in Christ.

Simple..

so that I can become the 'authentic me' at last!

My hubby is also being pulled towards a simpler path,

 and so we recently decided to drastically cull our possessions.

Our kids have all grown up and are out living on their own..

and our home-ministry meetings have changed over recent years.

 We simply don't need to keep a dozen tables and twenty chairs around anymore!

They just have to go.

As I take stock of all the "stuff" my husband and I have collected over the past years, I am amazed to see how easily attached we become to material things!

It isn't easy to give up the many different objects that have come to make their home with us.

But it is time to bid farewell to the un-needed surplus that we've accumulated,

and make a new start on the path to simplicity.

My husband is an antique furniture restorer by trade and a collector by nature,

and I am a sentimental soul who holds on to things that remind me of days gone by.

So we have quite a job before us!!

Nevertheless..we have made a start.

This past week, my beloved hubby sold the vintage Peugeot car that he had been planning to restore "one day".

He then photographed and listed some of our old furniture and retro things to sell on Ebay.

There will be some mixed feelings about 'letting go', which I'm sure will surface over the coming days.

But we are of one mind about this project, and already there is a sense of freedom being felt, as the burden of caretaking too many possessions is being lifted off our shoulders!

It's not the first time we've been through this - we have given away or sold quite a few pieces of furniture in the past, but this current purging will be the most decisive "point of no return" for us.

We will still leave a small vintage collection to be passed onto our children.

Perhaps it won't be so very valuable in monetry terms..but one which will have some meaning to them as things they remember from their childhood.

 And of course..things associated with good memories of their Mum and Dad!

I wonder if many of you, dear friends, are thinking about living 'simpler'  too?

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blessings..Trish