This brings me to my next topic….Hoarding, I think I do a bit of hoarding as evidenced by the above, I hardly throw stuff away (Fear not People! Am still suffering from an early stage of it so am salvageable) and I love to acquire bits here and there, my slogan is YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN YOU MAY NEED IT, I keep little packs of ketchup and barbeque sauce from fast-food joints and I store the serviettes as well (SHAME FACED) as opposed to hubby, he just opens the fridge and empties stuff in the bin or gives them to the gateman. He gives away his clothes like its Christmas. He doesn’t understand why I have so many clothes and yet I complain when we want to go out that I can’t find the perfect clothes to wear. My wake-up call came when I watched an episode of the reality show “HOARDING: BURIED ALIVE”! I shuddered at the thought of being like one of the women who acquired and acquired and acquired till her house turned into a mini DUMP YARD. I think my inclination to keep stuff stems from the fact that I am the last child in the family…..yeah, the one that always had the hand me downs and never had the person to hand down to (Trust Oyinbos! There’s always a psychological reason for everything under the blue sky including why a chimpanzee is black), the show tried to discover the psychological reasons why the nominees hoarded and to tackle same.
After watching the show, next day I quickly threw out the empty icecream ice pack I had kept in the fridge, I had earlier kept it and when hubby asked why I did so, I said it would definitely come in handy to me soon….i don’t even make homemade ice-cream, so come to think of it, am asking myself now…”was I jazzed?”. I’ve started packing up clothes I don’t use anymore, eve those I think I might need in the future because I believe someone else needs it now better than I do.
It feels good to shed excess baggage; it is sooooo better to give than to receive, the biblical injunction I see now was not only made for the receiver to be happy and thankful but also for the giver to give out of the abundance he has been blessed with and receive peace.
3 comments:
You tell me about hoarding!!! I was a chronic patient of this disease but i thank God i have been redeemed (did i hear an ALLELUIA?) Its easy,just fling the stuff into the dustbin and when it looks like u need it, find an alternative. Easier said than done, i know but it gets easy with time. The 1st time i did sanitation in my life, it felt like i was throwing away my eyeballs, nostrils and ears.(yeah that bad) Funny thing though is that since i did that throw-out, i havnt missed any of the things i let go. Do same dearie and good luck to you
@ Amaka's notepad. Thanks dear, i guess am on my road to redemption...lol. I agree with you completely, it will get easier with time.
Lol @ the hoarding thingy. The only thing i can think of that I hoard is empty perfume bottles. And i have a perfectly good reason for that :-). I like to try out new perfumes, but I also like to have the old used bottles in case I am looking for a particular fragrance, I won't go cracking my head trying to remember the name. But after a while, I throw them away. I give out old but very good clothes, shoes and any other thing I know i won't be using again. It helps to clear the cluster. Lol @ you keeping the keeping the empty ice-cream ice pack. Now that is serious o. lol.
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