When you have too many of one thing, you have some decisions to make. 

Right now I have too many desks. If I had too many hockey or baseball cards I could trade my duplicates to someone. … But you can’t really call traders on desks. 

One time we had too many cars, so we gave one away to someone who needed a car. 

But each of my desks are different and it’s tough to decide what I should do with them. One thing for sure is that I can’t keep them all.  

Desks are not like shoes. My son collects running shoes. If he had his way, he would have a whole room for his running shoes, just like the guy in the movie “The Italian Job” dreamed of.

The thing about running shoes, or any other kind of shoe, is that you can only wear one pair at a time. You can’t even mix and match them, like wear the left shoe of one set with the right shoe of another set. That just doesn’t work … though I have seen guys wear two different coloured hockey socks on the ice and think that is cool. 

I’m of the philosophy that you only need one pair of shoes for each occasion. 

You need a pair of dress shoes for when you wear a suit, a pair of running shoes for when you are running or doing something sporty, and a pair of casual shoes, or as I call them “everyday shoes”. 

That’s pretty much it. I don’t go out and buy more shoes unless one of those three pairs is worn out. … and I sometimes even wear them past when they’re worn out. 

So I only really need one desk. Although for the way I work, I can get away with having two. 

Right now I have my dad’s old desk set that is made of yew wood, whatever that is. My dad thought it was special. The desk set is pretty special because it was my dad’s, but I don’t really need it. 

I also have my grandfather’s roll top desk. I am particularly drawn to that. I’m not sure what it is about them, but I like roll top desks. 

The third desk I have is a stand up desk. This is the desk I use the most. I find that working standing up is way more productive and enjoyable for me. 

I could keep one sit down desk and the stand up, but I don’t need two sit down desks. 

The question is, which one will I part with and what will I do with it?

I’m leaning towards getting rid of my dad’s desk and at least part of the other pieces of it, and just keeping my stand up and roll top desks. 

But before I do anything with these desks, I first need to clear them from all the junk and stuff that accumulated on and in them. 

That will be job number one. 

Here’s the thing: Many, if not most of us, are collectors – just google how much the average household pays in storage fees. We collect because we don’t want to make a decision; we want to keep our options open. What if we want that thing some time in the future? We can also do that spiritually. We keep things in our lives we don’t need, that may be holding us back from making breakthroughs with God. It’s time to part with those things. Focus your attention on Christ and live solely committed to Him. 

That’s Life!

Paul

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