Things?

Why do we need things?
Really?

If we are too care taking of these objects we are considered weird or coveting inanimate objects or Gosh, what?

Too possessive of these toys of grown children who think that the more that you have the better everything will be?

Men do it with possessions of cars boats and planes and women do it with big homes, designer clothes not to mention those shoes… and appointment at the spa and salon, hmm?

Is it just me?

Or is coveting objects of the extreme foolish?

I sure hope that I am not alone.

Many of us have found over the years how less can truly be more.

I know of two people who whittle their lives down to just enough, and that is what they would say to anyone who would wonder why they lived so minimalistic.

See that is the issue you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t by the world at large.

Now there is a simple way to solve the problem, don’t have any friends or family to be able to input their concern of how you live your lives, hmm?

But who would want that, truly?

Although, at times I have considered the thought of doing just that and many might think that I have basically done that.

Yep, we live with less than we ever did except for about four years, years ago, but that is a whole ‘nother story for another time that I do believe I alluded to before…

It was a temporary situation and taught us how that only necessities are necessary…sorry for the redundancy but that issue is its own repetitive thingy.

Any-who, this tiny home I refer to is just that, but over the years it too has grown and with it the amenities have grown with it from a tiny two bedroom one bath home with a carport and overgrown yard with lovely fruit trees and waterfront to a two bedroom two bathroom with garage and workshop, three garden rooms, swimming pool, fish pond, covered patio, and two docks, and boat lift and fencing for privacy. Not to mention renovation of roofing and baths and kitchen and floors, electric and plumbing…things!

Nice stainless barbeque not used enough, same with our nice 20’ Sea Hunt boat with center console.

Two sheds that match the stucco décor of the house with stuff that I may recall or not of being of necessity to keep for unknown reason    not even to myself.

How did this happen?

Simplicity was our idea for this latter part of our lives, no fuss, no muss; what happened to all that?

The worst is we have too much furniture, three couches of which two are sleepers, one queen size, the other a full.

In the old days we had enough company to make that relevant with our also guestroom, but now?

NO!

Not unless we have a hotel/motel setting for people during a hurricane, but even that doesn’t make any, since we live on the water and would most likely have to evacuate!

Things.

Want them, get, them and then cannot recall why?

It would have been nice if we had had a larger family, but in reality we don’t!

Its not that things are bad, but they can become cumbersome especially when not used to their full extent of their intentions, true?

Here’s wishing all of you out there shopping for more things during this holiday shopping season, whether for you or family or friends, all I am saying is to think before you buy that thingy that down the road may become just another item that has you baffled with the why and where with all that you had decided to feast those eyes upon it and needed it wanted had to have it, but really?

That’s all I am saying.

Our sons were doted upon by loving relatives and a dear friend who was called aunt, and their walk in closet looked like a Fischer Price store and don’t tell anyone but the boxes were for them as much fun as what was in them…ahhhhhhhhhh those simpler days years, perhaps that is what is more important, and time, giving them, the ones we love our time to listen and talk and be with, nothing and no thing is more coveted than that nor should it ever be!

Besides time is the one thing we can never ever get back… so use it wisely and throw it around like million dollar bills shower them with it for in the end that is truly what memories are made of…the joy of each other and that time we spent together.