Taking stock of my life and life choices, I’m haunted by the three little words that have helped shape my current situation.

Just. In. Case.

Why do I have two sets of Christmas decorations? Just in case. What are you doing with all these plastic bags in your trunk? Just in case. Why are you keeping that huge styrofoam container the food was delivered in? Just in case. Why do you need so many hand sanitizers, school supplies, umbrellas, toothbrushes, wine bottle stoppers (especially since we drink whole bottles at a time), clothes, candles, white face-towels, heart shaped pans, different phone chargers, journals, pairs of shoes? Just. In. Case.

Those three little words have allowed me to accumulate enough things to stock a small town General Goods store.

When I purchased new phones to replace my dying house phones, did I discard or donate the old set? Nope. I still have them…just in case. Most people I know have cancelled their landlines, I probably can’t find anyone to give them to. I’m not technologically challenged either. I have the (once) new iPhone 7 plus AND my old 6 plus. Why do I keep them? You know why. Just. In. Case.

I have my kids teeth I paid for while masquerading as the tooth fairy. My tax returns from 1995 through present. Padlocks I can’t find the key to. Every extra button packet from all those clothes I probably still have. The one earrings left after I lost the other. The 3D glasses from the Wonder Woman movie. It makes no sense to me either.

I started thinking about where else does this bit of nuttiness show up in my life? Am I reluctant to release habits that aren’t serving my highest good? Do I hang on to limited, and negative beliefs? Are there people or relationships whose purpose has passed but I can’t seem to cut the cord? Just in case?

Hmmmm.

So yeah. Epiphany. Time to take inventory on thoughts, things, and associations. To assess the attachment to it/them and free myself. Free myself from ambiguous boundaries and imbalanced relationships. Free my environment from clutter. Free my mind diminished understanding. Time to dismiss lack, fear, and emotional dependence and replace them with abundance, love, and freedom. As Roy T. Bennett once said, “Let go of something old that no longer serves you in order to make room for something new.” I’m ready for something new, are you?

Time to embrace three different words.

Let. It. Go.

Love,
Robin ❤️

“The greatest step towards a life of simplicity is to learn to let go.” ~ Steve Maraboli