A nice thought shared by a friend of mine.......I liked this concept of Death cleaning. Only a few words are mine, the rest is from a forward that I liked. After hitting 50, we should sincerely do what is called 'Death cleaning'.
It is the methodical cleaning and clearing of ALL the things we have accumulated over a period of years of our active past. It may be clothes, mementos, collectibles, gifts and sundry items, which anyway we do not need in the nether world we are going to go one day.
It's a harsh reality that once we are old, the world has no time for us.
When we are old, our kith and kin have no time for us.
Then after our death, who will bother about clearing our things?
When such is the case, it is better, when we are still able bodied and healthy, to methodically give away all our things to deserving people, who will be happy to receive and use these things and cherish them in our memory.
In this context, we have to be very firm, determined and focussed to clear our things and not give in to our emotions and sentiments.
Better to be practical.
Let's start by doing a little bit of Death cleaning every week or every month.
Let's not buy many new things which we don't need.
Buying should be what we REALLY need and not what we want.
Let us cherish and treasure all the sweet memories of the past and let go of all materialistic things.
Our memories are what we carry with us as we move on, nothing else.
Not just materials, if we have hurt somebody knowingly or unknowingly, this is the time to say sorry and clear our conscience.
Believe me, it will be such a load off our mind.
This is the time to say thanks to one and all who touched our lives, whether in a positive or a negative way.
Either way they would have helped us make a better person.
Hold no grudges, so that when we go, we go peacefully, without any baggage!
Also remember to hold on to your money as long as you are alive and without fail, write your will.
Tailpiece.
It was a quiet forenoon when I spent most of my time in reading and interacting with Indira kunjamma. Lunch, followed by a short snooze, and we left Indira kunjamma's house by 1700 hrs. Reached my friend, Suresh Laxman's house by a half past 5. The Vijayakumars along with their son, Arjun and his wife, Shilpa were also with us in the evening which turned out to be late, as usual!
It is the methodical cleaning and clearing of ALL the things we have accumulated over a period of years of our active past. It may be clothes, mementos, collectibles, gifts and sundry items, which anyway we do not need in the nether world we are going to go one day.
It's a harsh reality that once we are old, the world has no time for us.
When we are old, our kith and kin have no time for us.
Then after our death, who will bother about clearing our things?
When such is the case, it is better, when we are still able bodied and healthy, to methodically give away all our things to deserving people, who will be happy to receive and use these things and cherish them in our memory.
In this context, we have to be very firm, determined and focussed to clear our things and not give in to our emotions and sentiments.
Better to be practical.
Let's start by doing a little bit of Death cleaning every week or every month.
Let's not buy many new things which we don't need.
Buying should be what we REALLY need and not what we want.
Let us cherish and treasure all the sweet memories of the past and let go of all materialistic things.
Our memories are what we carry with us as we move on, nothing else.
Not just materials, if we have hurt somebody knowingly or unknowingly, this is the time to say sorry and clear our conscience.
Believe me, it will be such a load off our mind.
This is the time to say thanks to one and all who touched our lives, whether in a positive or a negative way.
Either way they would have helped us make a better person.
Hold no grudges, so that when we go, we go peacefully, without any baggage!
Also remember to hold on to your money as long as you are alive and without fail, write your will.
Tailpiece.
It was a quiet forenoon when I spent most of my time in reading and interacting with Indira kunjamma. Lunch, followed by a short snooze, and we left Indira kunjamma's house by 1700 hrs. Reached my friend, Suresh Laxman's house by a half past 5. The Vijayakumars along with their son, Arjun and his wife, Shilpa were also with us in the evening which turned out to be late, as usual!
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