{"id":7865,"date":"2021-09-23T21:10:41","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T01:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=7865"},"modified":"2021-09-24T08:38:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-24T12:38:53","slug":"365242-big-stuff-small-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/365242-big-stuff-small-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#242: Big Stuff & Small Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I recently returned from a trip to Olympic National Park on the Pacific Ocean. I saw some big stuff like huge Douglas Fir trees and millions of small stones along the ocean. It was awe inspiring and a visual reminder of how we humans are a relatively small part of creation.<\/p>\n

And then I returned home to catch up on work and decluttering. After the grandeur of living in nature for 10 days, I looked around our bedroom and was reminded that I still had so much little stuff around the house that I didn\u2019t need but had little time to sort through it all. I decided that rather than wallow in guilt, I would commit to a couple small steps:<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>1.<\/strong> School supplies\/clothes:<\/strong>\u00a0Our urban parish was collecting school supplies for our school plus clothes for Mary Magdalene House<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, a place where homeless people can shower and get some clean clothes. It only took a moment to gather some copy paper and a couple T-shirts and take them to church the next Sunday.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> \"\"<\/a>Then I had a hanger problem<\/strong>. Although I have plenty of things to wear, I\u2019ve carefully curated my clothes closet so that I have just enough hangers for my usual wardrobe. (OK, so I can be a little obsessive compulsive.) BUT, suddenly I had a shirt to hang up and no free hanger. Had my husband \u201cstolen\u201d one of my<\/em> hangers? No. Eventually, I decided that certainly I could let go of at least one shirt to free up a hanger. Sure, it was only one piece of clothing, but I was surprised at how I resisted the decision since each item had its purpose. One raggedy old shirt eventually volunteered itself as the victim and now my hangers again match my number of clothes.<\/p>\n

It’s a sobering thought that I didn\u2019t have enough hangers for my clothes and some people, not that far from me, don\u2019t have enough clean clothes for their bodies.<\/p>\n

Is there a small step in your life, waiting to be taken?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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