Catherine Love~ Ramblings from my Heart and Home

Pondering these words...

 from the book, Living More with Less by Doris Janczen Longacre:

When someone steals a man's clothes we call him a thief.

Should we not give the same name to one who could clothe the naked and does not?

The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry man;

the coat hanging unused in your closet belongs to the man who needs it;

the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the man who has no shoes;

the money which you hoard up belongs to the poor.

~ Basil the Great, Bishop of Caesarea, c.365

Makes one think, does it not?  These words make me more than a little uncomfortable as well.   Especially as I am preparing to pack up our household once again and am a bit disgusted by all of the "stuff" I have to do something with. 

Perhaps I shall take these words to heart and lighten the load...........considerably!

Blessings,

Catherine