07-23-2022, 04:57 PM
I've known people who found themselves in that EXACT circumstance, but usually, it wasn't a matter of "their stuff" even being in circulation anymore. Sometimes, peoples' stuff gets DESTROYED with zero possibility of anyone else ever enjoying it again.
I've lost mostly all of my belongings more than once, but I'm miraculously left with about a medium sized box of only the most sentimental objects.
After pretty devastating losses, I came to terms with eventually actually losing EVERYTHING someday, including my small box of the things that date back the farthest in my life.
It HURTS to lose those items because they're so intrinsically tied to your identity, your past, what helps trigger memories of who you are/where you came from.
But sometimes life burns off every outer layer and leaves you with JUST what you can carry on your person... only what's WITHIN the core of your being. It's extreme, but I bet it's pretty common.
I've been about one rung away from that level. So when you get as close as you and I have come to complete sanitation of our lives, we realize that it's time to EXPLAIN ourselves.
You can do this with a notebook/pencil, or you can do it digitally. You can speak it into a recorder. Whatever method, there are lots.
Sometimes all you have left is COMMUNICATION in order to explain what your life has been. Sometimes all you have is RECONSTRUCTION from MEMORY.
If you can get over the sting of the hurt... take the rest of your time to EXPLAIN, describe, and relate your life and experiences.
Not everyone has a desire to do that. But if you do, the good news is that you need very little to actually do it. You don't need whatever was in that box of mementos.
My advice to people is do it as soon as possible, while you can still remember, and while you are physically capable of recording that information.
If you have no desire to do this, then you MUST come to peace and terms with your life and UNDERSTAND your whole life, for yourself.
If you don't even do THAT...
You'll do it when/while you die. I don't recommend putting it off to that point because it can make you linger in limbo for longer than you would have had to if you'd just took the time for introspection and sorting all the information WHILE you were alive. SHARING gives bonus points.
I guess that's all...
That's all of my 'sermon', but I say it because I care.
I've lost mostly all of my belongings more than once, but I'm miraculously left with about a medium sized box of only the most sentimental objects.
After pretty devastating losses, I came to terms with eventually actually losing EVERYTHING someday, including my small box of the things that date back the farthest in my life.
It HURTS to lose those items because they're so intrinsically tied to your identity, your past, what helps trigger memories of who you are/where you came from.
But sometimes life burns off every outer layer and leaves you with JUST what you can carry on your person... only what's WITHIN the core of your being. It's extreme, but I bet it's pretty common.
I've been about one rung away from that level. So when you get as close as you and I have come to complete sanitation of our lives, we realize that it's time to EXPLAIN ourselves.
You can do this with a notebook/pencil, or you can do it digitally. You can speak it into a recorder. Whatever method, there are lots.
Sometimes all you have left is COMMUNICATION in order to explain what your life has been. Sometimes all you have is RECONSTRUCTION from MEMORY.
If you can get over the sting of the hurt... take the rest of your time to EXPLAIN, describe, and relate your life and experiences.
Not everyone has a desire to do that. But if you do, the good news is that you need very little to actually do it. You don't need whatever was in that box of mementos.
My advice to people is do it as soon as possible, while you can still remember, and while you are physically capable of recording that information.
If you have no desire to do this, then you MUST come to peace and terms with your life and UNDERSTAND your whole life, for yourself.
If you don't even do THAT...
You'll do it when/while you die. I don't recommend putting it off to that point because it can make you linger in limbo for longer than you would have had to if you'd just took the time for introspection and sorting all the information WHILE you were alive. SHARING gives bonus points.
I guess that's all...
That's all of my 'sermon', but I say it because I care.
