Focus on What You Have Left

“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” – Philippians 4:8 When I talk about living life unencumbered by excess stuff, I understand that it’s a real struggle for a lot of people (including me). We live in a society that is constantly teaching us to be discontent with what we have, and we’ve been conditioned to believe that we won’t be satisfied until we own the next “hot” item. If we buy into this lie for any period of time, chances are we’ll end up with a lot of possessions that need to be managed. Ironically, if we accumulate more than we can keep track of, those things will end up managing us. This is why it’s important to guard our hearts and keep ourselves from investing