Detachment: The 100 Thing Challenge

I started my 100 thing challenge last Friday.  Honestly, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.  I was amazed at how many things I had that actually had no emotional pull.  So many things I kept because it might become useful "someday", but in all these years, have never actually become useful, just gathered dust.

Detachment. I believe that is the lesson of the 100 thing challenge. As I begin to lessen my hold on things, I find that I feel  lighter and free.  Perhaps, all these things that we own simply weigh us down.  Its like all these things have invisible threads attached to them.  We think that by owning more, we become free to do what we want, but the opposite is true. The more we own, and the higher our attachment to it, the more we are weighed down by it.

I have often been puzzled by why people in rural areas seem to be so much happier (and are actually nicer too) than people in the urban areas. My musings above may be the answer I have been looking for.

Yes, its true, I am giving away even these shoes that seem to have "some value".  I don't use them.  I am currently surviving on my high-heeled Crocs, my Vibram shoes for exercising, my Posh pocket shoes, a pair of heels from People are People, and my slippers. Right now that's all I need. All those shoes in the basket, are extra, beautiful as they may seem.

The journey still continues.  So far, I am loving it, but lets wait and see...