It's All Just Stuff

Money is such a weird thing - it's amazing how it changes people.  Actually, I don't think it changes people at all - I think it just reveals part of our deepest character.  Give someone money and you'll really see where their heart is. A generous person will continue to be generous, a considerate person will continue to be considerate...because people who have that kind of heart have it regardless of how much money is in their pocket.

And it's disappointing to see the other side of that. Because really, it's all just stuff. And at the end of our lives, what we've spent our life working to buy will either end up in the trash, or at goodwill, or maybe will be taken by some relatives...so that when they die their kids can throw it away or donate it to charity. 

Because in the very end, it all becomes garbage.

And that's what I really believe - it's just stuff.  But I got caught up in a moment tonight and I don't know...it's so easy to lose sight of what is really important.  I mean, I'm just as materialistic as the next person - I like nice things.  But I also have to keep it in perspective - there isn't anything in this world that I really need that I don't already have...and that says so much.

My husband works himself to death so he can provide a future for our girls.  He wants to make sure that they will always be taken care of...and I love that and appreciate that he is always planning for the future.  But at the same time, I wonder what it will really be like when we die...will they fight over the money we will leave them?  Be irresponsible and blow through it without anything to show?  Will they argue over who gets the painting in the entryway or what to do with our Eufaula property?

Or will they be able to put it in perspective,  look at each with love and know it's all just stuff?