Dream Weaver

As you know, if you've been reading my blog, my personal minimalist movement has been a deconstruction of sorts.  As I've purged a lot of physical things, I've faced my non-physical clutter as well.

The theme to many quotes about minimalism on my favorite blog suggests that pursuing a minimalist life allows one to focus on what's most important, to follow dreams that have been hidden, and to have bigger dreams than owning stuff.

Maybe it's part of the process, but I'm not dreaming big.  The most important things to me are helping people, hosting people in my home, and someday becoming a grandma.  Somehow by reading all the inspirational quotes about minimalism, I've become ashamed of my simple goals.  There continues to be outside pressures to do more, be busy, consume, and produce.  I don't feel the need to explain myself to the people that apply the pressure and I especially am not trying to convert anyone to minimalism.  It is a personal movement (period).

One day the scale of helping people may change from one person or family at a time to helping the masses.  My simple dinner guest invites followed by a joyful board game may turn in to a feast to feed thousands.  Maybe my children will never have children, but I'll be that person who goes to Grandparents Day with a neighborhood kid or two.  I'm not sure, but I really want to shed the shame.

So Dream Weaver, I believe we can make it through the night.  (And yes, I'm singing those lyrics as I type them.)  Tomorrow's a new day and I'm on a journey to better myself and help others.  I've got more work to do and I will simply be open to opportunities that present themselves and align with my goals.  I am shedding the shame and accepting the reality that my personal journey is just that.  I have not reached my destination.