Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

Americans collect junk.  No, seriously.  If you look at any other civilization across the world, we?re the number one owners of junk?I believe?that can be found.

And I?m probably one of the worst culprits.

You see, I am one of those guys that likes to keep old school materials because I believe that someday my kids will get some use out of the math problems I did in school.

Stop that laughing?I?m serious! (or at least partly so.)

This generation of adults have more access to other people?s money than at any time in our nation?s history, and they believe that they need a house full of stuff just like their parent?s house, and they need it now.

They only find out how much stuff they have when they have to move.  Whether it?s moving out of a dorm room or moving out of a house, it?s those points in time that you really realize that you have too much stuff and something needs to go.

When it came time for our first move as a couple, my wife and I were blessed when two or three ladies from our church came over and helped us pack, and we had many Movers from the church come over to take our stuff from a truck into our house.  (The fun part was brining our couch in through the front window, but that?s another story.)

Some people I know have used one of the many Moving Companies that are available, and have done so with good success. 

We?ve actually hired a Moving Company to move our refinished piano into our house, and then move it back onto our recently refinished dining room floor.  You can?t beat the fact that they do it for a living and they have the right tools.

So, my advice for anyone considering a move?don?t wait until the last month to discard things that aren?t really valuable (sniff), and don?t frown on a moving company if you have large furniture.  It?s better that you spend some money and your stuff doesn?t get damaged than to try to go it alone and find you have to replace it.

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