Tuesday June 21 2016 PEOPLE VERSES THINGS

The countdown has begun.  One more day to go before the GARAGE SALE!!!

I never realized how much a book could influence me to get rid of so much.  Before I read the book, “Downsizing the Family Home”, by Marni Jameson, I had gone through most rooms and was able to release quite a few items.  After reading the book I took another look deeper into each room to see what I might have overlooked.  Oh my goodness.  If I hadn’t known I had already gone through things, I would not have believed that the rooms had been touched.  I thought I had a lot of “stuff” before.  Now I know what “stuff” really is.  And it grows and grows as I release it from the confines of boxes, drawers, closets, and cupboards.  I just hope I have our bed cleared away before bedtime so we have a place to sleep.

So tonight there really won’t be much more than this as a hello and goodnight.  Below is one of my “oldies” for you.  It fills me with peace when I read it so I thought you might it enjoy it also.

MORNING OF SOLITUDE

By Kathleen Martens

November 17, 2012

Oh, beautiful morning hours,

Quiet, hushed…

As if in reverence

For the new birth

Of another day.

Each hour a gift

Veiled in the mystery,

As yet,

Undisturbed.

The sound of solitude

In a dark world

I sit alone,

Private and sacred

In the presence of God.

Oh, such beautiful

Morning hours!

And now I’ll see what comes to me quickly for today’s poem. 

“THINGS” ARE NOT MEMORIES

By Kathleen Martens

June 21, 2016

There is still so much to do.

Crowded places

In all my spaces.

Alas, but it is I

Who must dig

Through piles so big.

Memories scattered everywhere,

On the floor,

In closets more.

And to “THINGS”

I say goodbye

And find no need to even cry.

Soon every box

In the garage

Will become a mirage.

And my load

Becomes much less

As out the door goes all the mess.

And then I realize,

Joy remembered are not things.

Joy is what people bring.

Thank You Lord for all the wonderful memories I hold in my heart.

Thank You for this time of purging that you are allowing to happen in my heart as I realize all that is no longer needed.

Thank You for the encouragement of friends and family.

*Thank You Lord for the treasure I found today!

GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU

*More about this treasure when I begin writing my full blogs on July 4^th.