24 Feb 2009
I am also struggling with myself all the time, but I am very optimistic in this sense. People are realizing more and more that happiness is freedom, and freedom is to be able to “travel light”, not possessing a lot of things, because at the end of the day, the things start to possess you.
I don’t think I really made that decision as I would like to say, it came quite naturally to me. All my possession are in a way replaceable except for maybe a handful of memorabilia which my friends and family have given me.
One day I realized that if I buy a castle, I cannot think about anything but taking care of it. Not that I can afford a Castle now but hey who knows.
I would rather buy a small farmhouse, so to keep it is very easy, and I have time to go to the mountains, to walk, do spend my life in the way that I would like. In short: the less you have to keep, the more you have in freedom. And one of the lessons nature teaches you is exactly that: keep your contradictions, as summer is the opposite of winter.
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Heya! Been a while since I last dropped by. How’ve things been for you?
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W.R.T this post, i find myself being an awful “stuff-collector” for the larger part of my life.. Strange how it’s hard to part with a collection that consists of stuff which; over time, erode in usefulness yet represent a precious record of the way we were.
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And… belated birthday greetings to you too!
I’m 13 days late (>.<)
Hi David. Thanks for the wishes.
I’m doing fine. How about you?
WRTYC – I guess that what makes us human. When we are young, we wished to be all grown up so that we can do anything. But when we are all grown up, we realize that adult life is complicated and difficult. We often find ourselves wanting to be reminded of our childhood days. And our collections and stuff do a good job of reminding us of how we felt when we were younger.
In the end, stuff do make us happy but almost always it’s a temporary thing.
I mean when I am on my death bed, I don’t think I would consider that my neil gaiman collection to hold more value than say the time I have spent with a loved one.
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