We give our lives to that which we give our time. I have learned that it is very difficult, if not impossible to uncluster one's life by starting at the pile with the idea that the solution is to just get things sorted and better organized. It is nice to get better organized, but that is not enough. Much has to be discarded. We must actually get rid of it. Do we need to develop a list of basics, a list of things that are indispensable to our mortal welfare and happiness and our eternal salvation. This list must follow the gospel pattern and contain the elements needed for our sanctification and perfection. It must be the product of inspiration and prayerful judgment between the things we really need and the things we just want. It should separate need from greed. It must be our best understanding of those things that are as important as to those things that are just interesting. A visitor would use this text-heavy graphic as a profile status or a blog post header to share spiritual reflections.
