There is a bottle of perfume sitting on my dresser that I was given when I was ten years old! As you can tell I have pack rat tendencies! For me that pattern started as a young child. I could never bear to throw things away. There was more to it than not wanting to throw things away. I loved the feeling I had when I would receive something new, and would not want to spoil it by using it unless it was for something special. I would want to save it for a special occasion. A new dress would sit in the closet, until a special event to wear it. Perfume would sit on my dresser, not to be used for everyday, but for a special something. This was a pattern in my life for many years.
Recently though Ive realized that this is not the best perspective to live life. I dont want to be like that woman on the Titanic, who when was being lowered into the lifeboat saidIf Id known this was going to happen I would have had that Chocolate Mousse dessert. This reflects a view of life that speaks a lie. It is a false belief that if I enjoy something now, I wont be able to look forward to anything good like that in the future. This belief steals the joy from living in the present, and also...