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04 03 2007, 5:49 pm / Disapointed
Over the past few days I have gone through my children's clothes to get ready for spring. I have had to evaluate what will still fit from last year and what we need for this year and get rid of what we don't. I have 3 kids and would you believe I got rid of 3 full trash bags of clothes! I still have 3 full large bins to keep and another bin that I will consign. That is so much stuff!!!! The next day I went through their toys and I got rid of 2 full trashbags of toys and a large box of books. Would you believe that our play room is still overflowing and the basement is loaded w/ thigns we don't currently have room for. I am torn. On one hand I feel like we have too much stuff that we don't need. On the other hand, I only kept things that my kids will wear and actually do play with. We have such an abundance and I'm not sure if it is that we are blessed by the Lord or that we are actually sucked into the curse of our culture. I am constantly reminded of the simple ways that other people live in other cultures and I wonder if it is even possible in this culture to live simply and if it is possible, would I be able to do it? I sit here writing this but I had to resist the urge to go shopping tonight because I dont have nice clothes for easter. I'm sure I could drudge something up but I am so accustomed to getting an "easter outfit" for the last 28 years that I don't know if I can live w/o a floral print addition to my wardrobe. Vanity of vanity. Everything is vanity.
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