It is interesting how life can come to us in phases. How in one phase building up collections, buying things, hording feels comforting. Then life changes and you can see the in permanent nature of all of this stuff, and suddenly the things seem to be holding you back. I am at a stage where thinning out seems to be the right thing to do. It takes time and careful consideration to sift through piles of things collected in some cases over a lifetime. The process is sometimes frightening; other times its enlightening and liberating.

I think in part why I am working to hard to lighten the load is because I feel tight inside, cramped. Like I want out. And I know it part its because times are tough, tough for those I love, tough for me and I want this to shift. I am not sure how to get it to shift. I am not sure how to make things better. I take it upon myself to do it all and I just can’t do it. It is like with yoga, it is in part about strength in yoga but a larger part is about grace, and another very important part is about our anatomy or physical structure, sometimes that structure won’t allow us to move into a particular pose, sometimes life won’t give.