Inspired by the warm weather I decided to clean out my closet and also bring out the summer clothes. I was able to give away about twenty articles with the rule "haven't worn in a year, make it disappear". It feels good to know I'm donating to the same store I buy my clothes from second hand. Even though I pay for the clothes, I feel like I should help stock it. I've learned that hoarding things and clothes you don't use even if you think you will (you won't), just makes you carry the burden of consumerism even more. We're all here to share after all.
A friend of mine and I decided that we would start going back to our catholic roots and go to church during lent. We've been hitting up different churches around St. Louis and then finding local breakfast eateries for afterwards. I'm going to make a hybrid religion between the spirituality, meditation and nature of Buddhism and the traditions I accept from Catholicism. Going without religion/spirituality was causing me to lose my way a little bit. That's a long post I don't have time for though. I am coming to like the Old Cathedral the best; the pastor is good at making homilies relate. This week he talked about not seeing the whole holy week thing as guilt, but as a journey in our own lives to look at what sustains us. It caused me to think about how Americans think they desperately need stuff to sustain them. The priest also mentioned all the ads that have been on TV during the March Madness tourney that say, this product will change your life, this one will make you so happy. I thought it was interesting how his topic of the homily was a post I had written earlier. I've been reflecting on what sustains me, maybe you will try too?
I was watching this movie about the Amish people. Here's a group that are completely different than your typical Americans. They reject all things modern and live simply. Sometimes this lifestyle looks super appealing to me because honestly, living fair and realizing what is really important in life can be hard with so many distractions. I don't know if I could completely give up everything though. So the question is, how do you find balance? How do you become a simple American? I think in the past year I have been well on my way, but that doesn't discount the frustrations of living in the middle of Mega Marts and Super Malls and Super Duper Restaurants. I love the business of the city, the occasional bad movie on T.V. and browsing the internet. I wish it could be black and white so that I could turn off all the stimuli that isn't good for my simple lifestyle, but alas, it's not an easy feat.
Product of the day: Super comfy pants. These pants are only available in a XXl. But still, they look delicious to crawl up in after a long day.
http://worldofgood.ebay.com/Deep-Red-Heavy-Cotton-XXL-Super-Large-Fisherman-Pants/200423298143/item
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