Recently I was looking through the 52 Missions Home Organizer comments.
I re-discovered a comment that reminded me afresh of the wonderful, unexpected gifts that can come when you finally release old stuff from your life:
11 full boxes of books are now sitting by the door, waiting to go to the donation bin at the local library… and I found a gift book I’d never looked at.
Inside it was a note from my father, which I’d never seen. He passed away almost two years ago, and finding that letter tonight was an astonishing, emotional, uplifting reward for finally parting with some of the gargantuan piles of books that have been collecting dust in all corners of my house. Thank you, Michele, for the kick in the motivation!
If you let your old stuff go, what might you discover?
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I see this differently. What if the trip had been made and the books donated without her looking through them? What a loss (although she would have never realized it)! It takes longer to dispose of things than just grabbing everything you can in 5-10 minutes and getting rid of it. Or the method “throw away 10 things” This book was obviously in the pile of get rid of which she made without thinking too deeply. It is only the grace of God that had her take a second look. Some things need to be examined before disposed of – and that takes time.
What Might You Gain if You Let Things Go? – http://ow.ly/2Xmis
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RT @MicheleConnolly What Might You Gain if You Let Things Go? http://bit.ly/c0n2HK