Cleaning Out My Closet

Ever felt so heavy inside like nothing new and exciting ever seems to happen in your life as of late? How about being overwhelmed by all your possessions and can’t seem to figure out what to do with all of  ‘em? Have you ever stared at your closet full of clothes and still cry “I have nothing to wear!”? Perhaps, you ought to clean out your closet too. Either you give your old stuff away to those who need it more than you do or better yet, earn a little something from them through garage sales.

We held one last Saturday at Irene’s place. It was a cold day and rain was threatening to pour down any minute. It felt much better to just lie in bed and cuddle with my hubby. But my commitment to my agenda got the better of me and I stepped out of bed the moment my little clock hit 8am.

A few hours later, we sped off to Marikina and did our thing. I was hesitant at first because there seemed to be no pedestrians passing by. Who will see our stuff? More importantly, who will buy our clothes, shoes, bags, dvds, magazines, etc? Irene, my ever optimistic girlfriend, convinced me to continue with it. We gave ourselves two hours to make at least one sale. If nothing happens by then, we’ll pack and reschedule our garage sale for next weekend. Possibly change venues as well. That was the plan. After all, we had nothing else scheduled for that afternoon and that was the first time we’ve seen each other in three weeks (last time was during the first meeting of The Ladies’ Club). Alas, the minutes quickly stretched into an hour, and the closest we got to a sale was a guy on a bike who stopped and asked if we had any children’s sneakers. (We didn’t! Darn it!)

One more hour to go…   
                    

Suddenly, at a quarter past one, people from the subdivision started coming in and after only a few more minutes, they were swarming over our things! They were mostly maids, helpers, drivers, even security guards from the subdivision. They haggled like there was no tomorrow. And since our main purpose was to dispose our old stuff, it only took them few pitiful pleas before we said yes to their bargain.                    

Compared to the bulk of assorted things we brought, we didn’t really sell much. (We had A LOT of stuff to sell). Blame it on the rain that suddenly fell after only 45 minutes of selling. But at least, we now had a market and when we come back there next weekend, we might be able to dispose more of our things. It felt quite relieving to be able to let go of clothes and other things that we held on for a long long time, thinking that they can still fit us someday or that they still have some  use.  It’s like  shedding off old skin and allowing a new layer to grow.  Not only were we able to  make space in our closet, not only were we able to  help  those who need them more  by  selling at a super bargain price, but by detaching ourselves from these things, we are opening up ourselves to new blessings. True enough, a day after we held our garage sale, we were able to buy new gadgets (ACER laptop and Creative Travelsound which I will feature next), not because we earned a lot from the garage sale (practically impossible!), but because emotionally and psychologically, we felt lighter…unburdened. I guess at times we really do become owned by our possesions.  Recognizing that and being able to let go is absolutely liberating.  Think about it!