tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403883963335203719.post7826208746996109275..comments2023-08-14T04:29:11.586-04:00Comments on The Blue Turtle Blog: Sorting Through Stuff - Of Objects and PeopleLori Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17705706227685359532noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403883963335203719.post-16016342419887950292012-02-20T05:30:12.792-05:002012-02-20T05:30:12.792-05:00Thanks, Erika. I appreciate your honest feedback a...Thanks, Erika. I appreciate your honest feedback and thoughtfulness. I suspect, given the various challenges people are facing now with the economic and political climate, more and more of them are having to figure out what is really Most Important to them. In a way, the situation could be understood as a very necessary evolutionary pressure, and we are all being affected by it in different ways and we are being called upon more gently in some cases and forced in others to adapt and grow. It will be interesting to see where we are as a society and a species in the next decade or so...?Lori Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705706227685359532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8403883963335203719.post-22225428797777865192012-02-15T21:36:48.816-05:002012-02-15T21:36:48.816-05:00I think I held on to all of my things for so long ...I think I held on to all of my things for so long as a way to keep a tangible reminder of the good times, that were often outnumbered by the bad. Or maybe because I had to let go of people, which was out of my control, I then held on to things as a way to control my own environment? Either way, once I got Happy from Within, and stopped looking so much for "Happiness" from Without, I found it was a lot easier to let go of my Stuff. I've been going through my things and being more honest about what I really need and what I really don't. I have also recently (in the past few years) done the same with some of the people in my life. Not everything you've had for a long time is something you need to keep. By the way, I'm proud of you!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11052792428397233850noreply@blogger.com