Our bag of tricks

The title suggests there's something magical in the bag or that I'd be able to reach in and pull a live dove or maybe a rabbit out of it but, as interesting as that would be, there's no tricks in there at all, not a single one, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hold mysteries though. Well...no not really, there's no mysteries and no magical white doves, it's just a bag that holds various things a girl needs when away from home.

When I use this bag I have to think about what I want to take as space is of a premium. Lipstick or lip gloss, a nail file, brush, small mirror, tissues, phone, hand sanitizer, mints, my card and some cash. It's all about the essentials, the important things, and not much else.

I've found that, as time passes, I tend to need less and less, that I simplify, downsize and unclutter, in every aspect of my life.

My man and I share that same mindset, less is more so to speak, and we find we're just as happy, probably happier, to be that way than to have the need to amass piles of things that don't really make us any happier at all.

I think it's something that comes from a degree of contentment and from a place of comfort with our lives; we are comfortable with who we are as individuals, in our relationship together and with our position in the world we occupy, I mean our immediate world in which we live and operate in; we are covetous of it, protective, and are careful to feel deep gratitude for it also. Experiences mean so much more to us than material items and having a happy and meaningful life seems so much more rewarding than a life full of things.

I like my bag of tricks; I should probably say our bag of tricks I suppose because it's one of our mutual creation.

Having said that about tricks though, there's not many tricks involved at all, it's all about mindset and attitude and they both revolve around finding a meaningful life, a life that is meaningful to our individual selves and us as a couple, and a feeling of contentment and happiness, and we seem to be quite good at doing exactly that which is something I'm so grateful for.