In today’s society, the sign of wealth is accumulation of goods, toys and other status items.

I feel as though that mentality has slowly been changing, due partly to the push by the recent recession.

And I am thrilled to be a part of the milieu!

The recession has forced people, companies & governments alike to review their finances and make budget cuts

……which in turn makes them causes them to cast a baleful eye towards all the STUFF they’ve accumulated over the years.

And STUFF is certainly not only physical; governments & corporations are finding out just how inefficient they are, having wasted money left and right without a proper review & procedure in place.

But on a personal level, people are starting to almost resent what they’ve purchased, some are wishing they had the money in their bank accounts instead while others just don’t want their homes to be so cluttered.

So what can a person do?

As for me, I am definitely no stranger to loving things.

Yet I feel as though I am slowly gaining a better handle on how to avoid accumulating more than what I can possibly need and love.

And it may be due to two major Ah-Hah! moments I’ve had in the past year or two and I hope they make as much sense to you as they do to me:

First Ah-Hah! Moment: My things are not who I am .