S2. 7. EVERYTHING REDUCES

Musings from a stroll through a vide grenier in my village, that powerfully hit me with the notion that in the end, we have to give everything up, that everything in life eventually reduces.A vide grenier is akin to a flea market or a garage sale where ones own items are displayed for sale and repurposing in a new home. While I like the idea of repurposing and relish the thought of a new life given to things and new joy gifted the inherited owner, I was caught off-guard by how sad I felt that everything in our lives gets reduced as a matter of course, a feature  of time…Perhaps it was the sale of so many books and records which had me saddened, in the knowing of what it takes to create those things. But to reframe that sadness, I had to inquire into why we let go of things and perhaps there is beauty and purpose in knowing they no longer serve us or spark joy in us and in being intentional therefore about what we decide to hold on to and what we decide to cast off. Also that after the creation, it is for others to have the experience of joy in owning, indulging in that thing. Thoughts were perhaps infused by musings from a previous episode about distillation and knowing what it is we want our lives to be and what we must give aside to pursue | have, that which we have identified as ours to hold | pursue | create in this life. Musings also into how sad the notion of everything reducing can feel unless and until we use it to ignite our intentionality around choosing. How an article in the Blackwing 602 newsletter - in the ‘Makers Series’ of conversations with a philosopher and creator - Julien de Medeiros gifted me a perspective that nothing is lost if we have lived our lives in honour and dedication to that which | those whom, we love without having ever given up on | ‘given ground’ to those dedications and desires. So the invitation - is to be cognisant that if everything reduces, choose that and those in your life, with which and whom you will be happy remained, when much else is gone…From corporate lawyer to full time writer, Julia Mathison, in this 14 MIN EP, explores the idea that reduction occurs across every aspect of our lives over time, so we must seek to be present in choosing to devote time and energy to that which will remain, as other things fade or fall by the wayside of life…Always a personal musing, featuring personal preferences, with a desired message to be kind, follow your hearts direction and accept the calling of your innate gifts. REFERENCESBLACKWING (pencils) newsletter.It’s MAKERS SERIES - A CONVERSATION WITH JULIAN DE [email protected] pencils used and loved by many artists and writers, including John Steinbeck. TERMSVIDE GRENIER - is like a garage or boot sale. They visit different villages annually through the French summer and are a popular weekend activity to wander and browse of a Sunday. BROCANTE - is more of an antique market or store. The most famous international ones (outside of Paris) in the south of France would be in gorgeous Provençal town of Isle sir la Sorgue. Support the showTHANK YOU FOR LISTENINGPURCHASE MY STORIES ATwww.jemathison.com