Moving places, and homes, is always a good exercise.  That’s what I heard from some people, and what I refused to believe, until lately.

Moving is always a painful activity, since by the end of whatever months or years staying in one place, I end up getting really confused on where the h*** all those things had come from, hahaha.  I do realize that I am a bit of a hoarder, thinking that those things will someday come in handy, yeah….something unforeseen could always happen, right?  And being cash strapped, you can never waste anything that could still be used, or could still be possibly used….someday.

It is true that money makes life easier.  Definitely.  I am not trying to be a hypocrite and say that it’s not true.  What is interesting, is that money makes it easier to stop being a hoarder.  You know, keeping that extra pieces of paper that might come in handy in like… never(?), that extra pen that could still work if we get the right refill… one day(?), pushing those cute shirts to the corner hoping that we could shrink to fit in err…. ten years (?)… Knowing that we can afford to buy those things WHEN we actually need them, really helps to learn to let go of all the things that MIGHT come in handy, SOMEDAY.

Moving on from one life to another, it always hurts to pack those things, going through the memories each thing holds, knowing that we cannot hold on to them, the things, the memories, the life.  But the best memories stay within my heart, that’s something I learn from moving on.  

But now…. I have to learn to deal with others who have not learnt the lessons I learnt, hahaha.  Trying to sort through things to move into a new house, and finding out that there are so many things that we could live without, and we had lived without for the last five years - at least, filling up every possible corners. And knowing, that getting rid of them will bring pain to the people I really care about :(

Letting go of earthly possession, and holding on to the ones in the heart… how difficult..

Salatiga, 20/08/2009