What can you let go?

Have you ever heard about minimalism? It entails living with only what adds value to your life and removing the rest.
Several years ago, an event occurred that reshaped me completely. The big flood of 2018 took almost everything we owned. I literally had only two outfits – both were what we would call ‘home-clothes’. These included what I was wearing at the time and what I stuffed in a bag to evade the flood. I remember going into Pennywise and looking homeless (which, I kind of was for a while). So much so that the well-meaning salesgirl directed me to cheaper brands than the ones I was browsing. I went home and cried.
Certain things will forever be etched in my mind – the unkindness of some and the kindness of others.
It was a period of great pain for me and my family.
One of the biggest lessons we learned at that time was how little we actually needed to live.
I didn’t need a lot of the things I owned. And all that I truly needed was still there.
My friends, there are so many things we hold on to – physically and emotionally – that are completely unnecessary. All they do is clutter our lives and weigh us down.
Philosophers will even say that if your life is filled with unnecessary things, then there’s no space left for new things. For new energies.
I leave you with these questions – What do you really need to live? What are you ready to let go of?