Give Away What You Need

As autumn approaches this is the time when I start getting out my cool weather clothes and packing away my summer stuff.  This year I've also decided to use this as a time to go through everything and give away anything I no longer like or need.  My ultimate goal is to have a modestly sized wardrobe with only pieces that are loved and get regular wear.  I've made great progress, but  my Selkie obsession has been rather counter productive to a closet cleanout as those floofy dresses take up twice the space and I now own a baker's dozen.  This pretty little acid trip dress in not one that I own, but rather rented from Nuuly and I enjoyed it for a limited time and then happily returned it because I no longer needed it.

All this closet clearing has brought to mind how we tend to get rid of things we don't need, and keep the things we do need, but when it comes to immaterial things the opposite is true.  It's counterintuitive, but utterly true that if you need friendship, you have to give friendship.  If you need love, you have to give love.  If you need generosity and kindness, you have to be generous and kind and in return you will find that the more you give, the more you receive.

If you find that you have an abundance of things you don't want like loneliness, hopelessness, lifelessness, maybe it's time to clean out your life and the best way to get rid of those things is to give away the things you need.  Make your life less about you and more about serving and loving others and you will find that those things you don't want will be replaced by an abundance of everything you need.

 Shopping Info:  Acid Trip Selkie Dress from Nuuly.com