Simplify

This word has been in my heart for quite a while. I have been on a mission for the past year to clear up modern life's clutter. I have cleaned out closets---giving away a lot of stuff I keep holding on to. I have worked like crazy to clear up debts. We have cut way back on going out finding pleasure in things like simple get togethers with family and friends---bonfires, a cold beer on the deck, a long motorcycle ride in the country. It has almost become an obssession--- to the point where I believe it is the Holy Spirit. I feel a sense of anticipation and that I am preparing for whatever God has in mind by this  simplifiying of my life---it is sort of like that urge to get everything ready in those last weeks of pregnancy--- I am on a mission but with peace--- not anxiety or tension. I have found myself frequently yearning for a simpler life. I tease Jeff all the time--- I'll say let's just sell it all and build a cabin in the woods--- I think I am tired of wordly things. I also don't think it is just me. Other people we know--- especially very faithful people feel the "weight of the world" and sense it is time to hunker down--- go back to basics--- let society and it's whirlwind of sin, hatred and injustice reach it's climax and then be prepared to do what God put us here to do. Maybe I am crazy but a feel a change is coming--- not THE end--- but AN end--- an end to what is now--- for something better--- I keep thinking of John Paul II and his New Springtime--- could this winter be almost over? Hmmmm....