Well, at the Oscars, Pixar’s movie “Up” won for best animation. I love how Pixar entertains both kids and adults alike, while getting several heartfelt messages across at the same time. Up is a wonderful love story and the movie has much to say about life in general.
“Up” beautifully depicts what can happen when we become so focused and single-minded about achieving our goal, that we can forget to live in the moment and enjoy the journey toward the goal. Don’t get me wrong we all need a goal or many goals to maintain our focus and give us something to work towards. But sometimes, being single-minded about our goals, can work against us. In the case of the old man in the movie, he was so intent on trying to save up for the adventure of going to a mountaintop to build their dream house, that he lost sight that he was living the adventure with his wife all along.
Remember during the movie, when the old man remains tethered to his house, holding on to the past, trying to get it to his dream mountaintop? He was so tied down by his house and his possessions, that he almost lost what was irreplaceable: the boy and the dog. Only when he freed himself of the house, was he able to recognize that he already had exactly what he needed. How many of us become owned by our possessions, and not the other way around? Sometimes we become so attached to the past or weighed down by our “stuff” because we think these things have meaning. Or we think it all means so much to us simply because it’s there, not because it has any real value. Of course many of our possessions represent something meaningful, but you’d be amazed at how much “freer” you feel when you lighten the load. It’s a lot of work keeping track of all that “stuff” and most of us don’t even realize we’re putting in that kind of effort, until something happens that makes us step back and analyze what we have.
So instead of waiting for a major life event to occur, like a flood, a fire or a death, try to pare down your possessions now, by getting rid of things you no longer use or need. Remember, just because someone gave you something, doesn’t mean you have to keep it, especially if you don’t have room for it in your life (literally and/or figuratively). Try to take pictures of things along
the way, like your kids’ posing with the trophy they won when they were six. The memory resides in that moment captured in the photo and not in the trophy itself. Somehow, those trophies lose that same meaning when your kids are 16 or 26. And by letting go of some of this “stuff”, we’re making room to live in the present, instead or remaining stuck in the past, and creating new memories to look forward to in the future.
I admit to also being guilty of holding on to things longer than I should. For example, years ago when my mother was clearing out her basement declaring it a fire hazard, she insisted my brother and I retrieve our childhood possessions we said we wanted, although never reclaimed, when we each had our own homes. I took my boxes and placed them in a storage closet since I was too busy to deal with the “stuff”, even though I had to have it (and I had the room to store it all). I never really thought about the boxes until I decided to have my childhood friends over to my house right before our 20th high school reunion. I pulled out the boxes and we all went through the old pictures and notes that were passed in classes and hallways and we had the best time reminiscing. The next day, after the reunion, as I gathered everything and went to put it all away again, I stopped myself wondering why I was still saving it all. That’s when it hit me. I had been saving it all for that moment, with my friends, and now I could let it go. It served its purpose and now it was time to move on. I dumped it all (OK, maybe I saved a few pictures, but all the notes went). And guess what? I don’t miss it. And now the space it had been taking up in my storage closet has been replaced by new memories, my kids’ childhood stuff…and when they’re old enough to have homes of their own, it will be theirs to let go…
SO…what’s holding you down? I’d love your comments…
This post brings back all the memories of the freedom we achieved by letting go…..and it allowed us to live our life “on the road”….did not see the movie though….
I really love your site! Thanks for sharing and keep it up. I will be back again!
I think this is a great post. One thing that I find the most helpful is number five. Sometimes when I write, I just let the flow of the words and information come out so much that I loose the purpose. It’s only after editing when I realize what I’ve done. There’s defiantly a lot of great tips here I’m going to try to be more aware of.
I believe when you need a dictionary to read the first paragraph of a blog post, you really wouldn’t want to continue, especially when you’re in a rush.
The best written BLOG I’ve encountered……when are you adding Video ?
nice and thanks.
Great to see you back again. And again with the interesting article.
Great text and nice site.
hahaha you are correct I agree with you on some of your points.There are a few, however, that I couldnt agree on though.
Purchase@Discount.Abana” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buywithout prescription…
Cheap@Abana.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buynow it…
Buy@Acai.Online” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buywithout prescription…
acai@berry.detox.fort.worth.where.to.buy” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric pills…
Purchase@Generic.Acai.500mg” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buyno prescription…
coral@calcium.is.it.safe” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buyit now…
Get@Coral.Calcium.Online” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buynow it…
Buy@Discount.Abilify” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric meds…
Purchase@Coral.Calcium.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric meds…
Purchase@Discount.Coral.Calcium” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric pills…
Get@Coral.Calcium.Online” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buywithout prescription…
Buy@Cheap.Acai” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buywithout prescription…
Buy@Discount.Acai” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buygeneric drugs…
Purchase@Cheap.Accutane” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buynow it…
Order@Accutane.Without.Prescription” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs…
Get@Aciphex.Online” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric pills…
Order@Generic.Aciphex” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs…
Buy@Discount.Actoplus.Met” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric pills zdg…
Purchase@Discount.Actoplus.Met” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric drugs krg…
Buy@Discount.Actos” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric meds qmo…
Buy@Generic.Actos” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buynow it vhx…
Order@Discount.Acular” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs zfk…
Cheap@Adalat.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buywithout prescription dyo…
Purchase@Generic.Abilify.5mg.10mg.15mg.20mg.30mg” rel=”nofollow”>……
Buywithout prescription xiu…
Buy@Discount.Acai” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs axm…
Order@Discount.Acai” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs nih…
Order@Accupril.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buyno prescription tao…
Purchase@Accupril.Online” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buywithout prescription yyn…
Buy@Accutane.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buyno prescription jui…
Order@Accutane.Without.Prescription” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buyno prescription gdt…
Purchase@Accutane.Without.Prescription” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buyit now ojb…
Purchase@Generic.Accutane.10mg.20mg” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buygeneric drugs itj…
Purchase@Discount.Acomplia” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buynow it xmt…
Get@Acomplia.Online” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buynow it tly…
Order@Generic.Actonel” rel=”nofollow”>.…
Buydrugs without prescription xab…
hair@growth.and.accutane” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buygeneric drugs…
altace@cough.buy” rel=”nofollow”>..…
Buynow…
antidepressant drugs for cats…
Buy_generic drugs…
drug detection testing…
Buy_generic meds…
best life diet…
Buy_no prescription…
green nerf ds lite armour…
Buy_generic pills…