Jeff Spadafora:
Ask anyone who’s gotten rid of stuff they owned or were owned by and they’ll tell you about the freedom they feel.
I am not suggesting nice things are bad. It depends on how you relate to your nice things. Do they promote and enable the important spiritual and relational things you want out of life? Or do they create clutter and busyness, and prevent you from engaging in what you really care about?
The places to look for simplicity don’t stop with homes, vacations, hobbies, and “stuff”. What about your kids’ activities? I know of several families running their children ragged playing 3 sports at time I’m not exaggerating for fear that if they don’t show commitment to the team, they won’t get playing time or that college scholarship. My son made the top baseball team in our town when he was 9. They played 55 games that summer! It nearly destroyed our family being split up every weekend. The next year he played on a team that played 16 games – normal.
How about your cars? Is it leased and plummeting in value everyday? Or did you put a down payment on it and now find yourself saddled with steep monthly payments? Many people come to us at Halftime dreaming of a life of significance but their financial obligations are so high, if they take their foot off the money-making pedal the world will come crashing down.
All of us could be free in the next 5 minutes if we weren’t so attached to status and stuff.
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