Sometimes, all we have left is a memory of what was.

[Deja Q]

How can I be content with losing possessions, apart from replacing possessions with people - an exponentially difficult task?

[skygazer]

1. I don't get hung up on possessions myself

They're just things. I have very few things that it would hurt me to lose - most of them could be replaced. I find being less concerned about possessions has given me much greater freedom in my life. I never would have wound up where I am, for instance, if I worried about possessions. When I moved to California, I carried what I could fit into a VW Golf - 2 dogs, a garbage bag full of clothes and my saddle (one of the only possessions that DOES matter to me).

Seven years later, I still have the saddle and I'm happier than I ever was.

[no name no slogan]

2. You can always get more stuff

I willingly got rid of 2/3 of my possessions last year when I got divorced and downsized my living arrangements. Truthfully, I have maybe missed two things that had sentimental value. Otherwise, it's been a huge burden lifted off my back. Less stuff == less to worry about.

And if you really miss having stuff, you can always get more. They keep making it.

[Deja Q]

4. Not the things I like.

:)

It's all collectible stuff I'd only get $$ for. I'd rather have the items than the $$...

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Oh Hypno, it's just "stuff"...That's all. All that you need you carry with

you. :hug:

Please don't be so hard on yourself/your life. PM me anytime you need, okay?

[TallahasseeGrannie]

5. Why are you losing your possessions?

Can I help?

[Deja Q]

6. Don't help.

My fault in the first place.

Not losing them yet. But if I resign from my job (or am asked to, more "office politics" hogwash), then I will be in trouble.

I will admit I am a slave to my possessions.

The very same way parents are enslaved to their children. :think:

[TallahasseeGrannie]

7. Possessions are important to us

I think of myself as fairly "centered" about things, but nothing makes me in a better mood than going to Overstock.com and BUYING something.

However, I sometimes spend a whole lot of my life dealing with them, as well. Especially when you move.

Good luck with the job situation. You are a talented person. It will work out.

[lildreamer316]

8. I know EXACTLY how you feel.

Had a whole storage locker stolen/dumped. Photographs,antiques, books, music; oh......it still hurts. I just had to say that the universe was forcing me to move on with my life; which it was. But, some days it still hurts. Imagine how ppl who have had a fire feel!! Ah, well.