Something to think and pray about this week:

“A friend consoled me after a fire destroyed my records and possessions, ‘We manage to accumulate so much in our lives. It is only when someone close dies and you have to deal with their affairs, that all the things that meant so much to them are seen in a different light. I used to love our silver. It was all family stuff. When we were relieved of it all some years ago by someone who felt they had to have it, I was greatly saddened. However, since then we have replaced some and inherited some more. But I can no longer invest any emotion into things.”

“We seem to desire to hold onto so many things that are precious to us - the things that remind us of people we loved, of past achievements, and of beauty. But in the end these things are within our minds and our hearts. Everything on this earth is dynamic. When one amazing sunset disappears for ever, another glorious sunrise appears elsewhere.”

– Sacred Space, August 31, 2008
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We have until the end of this month to empty the garage and return it to the apartment complex. The thought above gave me an idea about sorting from the perspective of the content value from the perspective of, if my family was sorting out the garage, what would be meaningless and can be gotten rid of. Hmmm.....possibility. First day of the month and time to continue discarding the past. Will see how this view affects this daunting task?