BG, Do you preserve Your Good Stuff?

अर्जुन उवाच |
ज्यायसी चेत्कर्मणस्ते मता बुद्धिर्जनार्दन |
तत्किं कर्मणि घोरे मां नियोजयसि केशव || 1||
व्यामिश्रेणेव वाक्येन बुद्धिं मोहयसीव मे |
तदेकं वद निश्चित्य येन श्रेयोऽहमाप्नुयाम् || 2||
BG 3.1-2:Arjun said: O Janardan, if you consider knowledge superior to action, then why do you ask me to wage this terrible war? My intellect is bewildered by your ambiguous advice. Please tell me decisively the one path by which I may attain the highest good.

I enjoy using my mismatched cups and saucers and delighting in their different shapes, patterns, with different material. Some are very delicate. I use them as there's no point in protecting them like they're museum pieces (Indian people known to display their crockery) . And if I break one? Well, that's just an excuse to go and find another pretty thing.

My  friend returned from a posting in Ambala and when she got her stuff out of storage after 2 years away from her hometown she just decided to bring most of it into her new house's living room and then invited her friends to have at it. I envy her ability to let go. I just moved myself and every knick knack thrown out feels like a stabbing but afterwards the relief at having less stuff is just so, so great.

The year 1992..

Sigh. I'm in the process of rearranging  after a lengthy and painfully expensive home rehab( I purchased a new house), and I'm having trouble figuring out what to keep and what to toss. I know I have too much stuff, but deciding what must go is difficult, partly because I keep hearing a little voice inside my head asking whether I'll need this in the future. In fact, other than feeling overwhelmed, my reaction to all that I've accumulated over the years is quite different from the author of this post. When I was younger, I had little difficulty getting rid of things I no longer used or needed. These days, I'm much more likely to hang onto useless objects only for their sentimental value. Go figure!

xoxo