Doing Without

I'm probably one of millions who have been pondering the thought of "DOING WITHOUT" lately. As I've watched many on tv loose their homes and end up in tent shelters, it's made me think more and more about what we "CAN" live without.

To have been married for 37 years, we don't have a lot, at least according to many standards. But we have the Lord, we have each other, we have our children and grandchildren, we have food enough to eat and thanks to a very frugal husband, we have hardly any bills. We are blessed. Millions tonight are loosing the homes they raised their children in. They have no where to go and don't know where their next meal is going to come from. All the while, I sit in my home with virtually no threat of loosing it and realize I have so much more than so very many.

We are an extremely materialistic society. Our "stuff" makes us feel good and makes us feel as though we've made it. Our "stuff" fills up the empty places within us, makes us feel of value and brings us a sense of accomplishment in our lives.

But our "stuff" has absolutely nothing to do with what is really important in life. What happened to playing hide-n-go-seek after dinner at night, sitting out in lawn chairs talking to your neighbors, catching lightening bugs, picnics with your family right in your own backyard, playing board games and spending time talking to each other! We have become so busy making money, buying stuff and then taking care of all the stuff we're buying that we don't even have time for each other anymore.

In my opinion, DOING WITHOUT sounds a whole lot more appealing than what I see happening around us everywhere. If we each truly looked around our homes, we would realize that most of what we own we could definitely live without.

It's time....it's time for us to realize that less is still way more than what we need and that a little is better than a lot. This is a time to stop hoarding, start giving and get rid of things we do not need or can't afford.

DOING WITHOUT is smart and something in this day and time that we should be proud of. There is much we can do without and still live perfectly and happily ever after. We all need to learn to live with less and realize the sweetness in that simplicity.