Saturday, October 11, 2008

31 for 21

I have been fall cleaning....something that needs to be done. Not dusting or such, I do that everyday. But cleaning of my stuff. ~ as you see, I am a pack rat. I can't let go of things that have been given to me from others [especially things that my dear Mother gave me] and this includes every note, card, picture I have received over the coarse of the last 44 years. Yes, I have every one tucked away. On top of that, I have books....book, upon book. [and yes, you are thinking, "but you take about dozens of books every week from the library", and I do] but I also have books that I have collected through the years.

So I'm cleaning. Something that needs to be done in a tiny house, and something that is challenging me to 'let go' so I can be free to adopt the 'Be ~ Do ~ Have' paradigm of life. [Whilst cleaning I cam across my “Conversations with God” books by Neale Donald Walsch.

This is how Emma Sage lives.....she has things, but she is not extremely connected to them as I am....she is rather a more 'here in the present' type person. She would rather by doing or giving, than receiving.

and this image brought me to that place of 'being'..........

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

You have a lot of beautiful pictures. Isn't it great to look through them every so often?

Unknown said...

Thanks Starrlife....it is, and that makes my 'sorting' through so difficult, because I pause to reflect too often.

I love photographs, I have since the first time I saw one. I recall it was an image in National Geographic and I was hooked on the power of capturing light, shadows, moments in time on film.

~KC: said...

Lovely picture Tara!!!. Emma Sage's wisdom is fascinating, to be able to be in the now, to know the secret of letting go, she is such a blessing ~ . Love the CWG books. =)