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    "More than discarding"

    I was cleaning some stuff up and I found this page torn out of something. The author is Richard L. Cookson, and the text is aligned like free verse, but I think it's just because of the illustration.

    Ultralite Angler,if you're reading this, it made me think of your relationship with your parents and the hoarding, so maybe some food for thought. The second half definitely relates back to how I approach the first half. (And part of why possessions are NOT easily abandoned by me) but it's useful in a wider sense as well.

    "More than Discarding"

    "To travel light into the future
    is more than simply abandoning unwanted items.
    These are easily abandoned
    since possession may have become a burden.
    Traveling light means
    careful examination of feelings
    assumptions
    and remembered pains.
    These hold on
    and eventually smother the life within."

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    I like that.

    Emotional baggage has always been worse for me than physical baggage. And I'm a real minimalist who hates physical baggage!

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    Powerful stuff here.

    I try to apply minimalism to every part of my life. Some parts are easier applications than others -- like my anger and resentment toward my parents and pizza. Yeah, pizza is a tough thing to minimize.

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    I'm putting this on my bulletin board as a daily reminder I dwell too much on the past.

    Thank you for posting!

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