http://useyourwisdom.com/?p=18 Using your wisdom to navigate everyday life. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:53:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://useyourwisdom.com/?p=18&cpage=1#comment-17 Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:41:34 +0000 http://useyourwisdom.com/?p=18#comment-17 I have the same guilt issues about gifts. I have things stashed in drawers and closets on the off chance someone will come for a visit and ask where is the gift they gave. That’s only happened once, by the way. My twin sister wondered why I hadn’t displayed the framed picture of her cats she sent me. Oh dear. Luckily I still had it in a box I could get to quickly. Buster and Ally are now displayed on a credenza in my finished basement. Don’t tell her they are dusty.

]]> http://useyourwisdom.com/?p=18&cpage=1#comment-16 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:40:40 +0000 http://useyourwisdom.com/?p=18#comment-16 Well said Lisa. I couldn’t agree more. Now if you could only tell me how to detach my feelings from this ‘junk’ I would be ever so grateful. When I receive something as a gift, why is it that I feel guilty getting rid of it, like I’m somehow betraying that person? It’s not as if they’re going to ask me where the snow globe they gave me 5 years ago is. I also have a hard time parting with some things because ‘it might come in handy someday’. Sad thing is that day rarely comes. Even if it did I don’t remember where I stored it anyway. We’ve got an entire unfinished basement holding our junk and I’m guessing at least 2/3 of it will never be used by us again. You may have just inspired me to start parting with some of this clutter, even if it stings a little. Once it’s gone it’ll soon be forgotten. You are absolutely right. It’s not the ‘things’ that people have given me that matter, it’s the people themselves.

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