RESISTANCE

As I wrote about "persistance" yesterday I thought it would be amusing to write about "resistance" today. Obviously a hoarders problem is that more stuff comes into the house than leaves the house on average. Many hoarders seem to be compulsive shoppers. Or deal shoppers. I can't resist free stuff. Which is even worse than shopping in my opinion because a lot of times free stuff is not in the best condition to begin with. Today I came across a small cardboard box. Somebody wrote "take for free"on the box. In it a few games. Obviously they had been around for a while but they were in great condition. "Oh, the kids might like those," I thought. I openend all the boxes checked the contents. Decided that one of those games one could easily play even without the game. You had to pick a category and turn the wheel for a certain letter. I was very proud of myself for deciding to leave that one behind. Suddenly, before my inner eye a picture started to form. Hangers in a plastic bag. On top of more hangers in a big box full of kids close. Even not counting Christmas presents, it's been a while since that much stuff had made it into my house in so little time. That was the moment when I put the games back into the box and walked away. I resisted the tempation of taking more stuff in. Way to go. Do give me a nice pat on the back!