If you ever bring yourself to clear out a lot of your possessions you may if you do it slowly and properly you may come to love the empty spaces in your home and you enjoy the freedom from having to organise and sort out your possessions.

The rich young man was sad when Jesus told him to sell his possessions and I think the reason why Jesus did that was not because it’is inherently wrong  but it is a burden when caring for your possessions takes up most of you spare time.

Spiritual growth needs time to reflect on your life and if that is too painful for you you may feel your life with objects or even having more children simply to fill your up and not to feel the dreadful pain of the emptiness. So it’s clearly going to be difficult to do this but you will get rewards of space and time. You can’t buy those with money

To fulminate against the hands of fate
To vent our anger on sweet beloved friends
Will not repair our ills and our mistakes
But may bring friendships to a bitter end.
For who are we to know what is the best?
Who are we to choose when loved ones die?
And do not think this is a needed test.
As if on us God wastes his time to spy.
Once we were a joining of two cells
The lively sperm, a salmon riding high.
The egg awaiting without a need for bells
Is fertilised and grows that which shall die.
Astonishing that we should live at all.
Unsurprising, that a loved one falls