I have reached a certain age in my life…or space in wisdom… where “getting things” really doesn’t matter any more. Instead I find myself  as of late…”giving away” items and stuff I have craved and lusted after in earlier years. My values have changed… I feel for the better.

I don’t want my life to be about what I have or don’t have… I want my life to make a statement about the kind of woman I was while walking here on Earth. Quality of life… and caring and giving from the heart… these are important to me… not what kind of car I drive… or some overpriced purse. These are “things” that other people decided would make you or me  a success or happy or even powerful!

Don’t get me wrong here… my home is filled with beauty and quality items…. but that’s just the point… I have made a home filled with beauty and quality… not consumerism or status seeking. Or openly telling someone how much money something cost… as a way to brag. What point is there to that? Or what does it matter anyway? It is not what I value… nor should it be any value at all to anyone.

A persons value should be about how much they love… and are loved… not about things they collect or how much money they make… but about who they are inside.  And family and quality, caring friends and being mindful about taking care of the Earth. These are the “things” I crave and lust for these days…. realness, authenticity, and caring, loving people in my life.

So these days… you will find me picking out a purse or a “thing” I used to value so much… cause it cost me this amount of money, and “giving it away” to someone who can use it or wants it. And in its empty space… I focus on the gratitude I feel, the awareness I now see… of all the wealth I truly have in my life…. myself, my wonderful husband, my daughters, and the most awesome friends any person could hope for.

This to me is success… and being real… and coming of age!

Victoria