keeping small

A photo, quite identical to the one above, was featured in the Adbusters July/August issue, and as I looked at the worldly possessions of Mohandas Gandhi, a spiritual and political visionary that has inspired generations, I felt, well, guilty. As I am admittedly, a person of dramatic affect, my response was of no great surprise. But, what of it? Can I truly pare down my possessions to so much less than what it is now? I own less than I did at January 1 but obviously more than necessary, certainly more than I even want.

Many embrace minimalism for purely aesthetic reasons, but for me, there is certainly a spiritual aspect as well.

photo credit: via google images