Repurposing

I saw a clever bird nest picture today.  It was an old boot nailed to a tree and a little oven bird had made a nest in it.

How clever some people are at repurposing.  My major effort at repurposing lately has been to try to get back to my old size 8 clothes.  I’m getting closer.  But that will leave the problem of how to repurpose my current clothes.

I tend to be a hanger on of all kinds of things from high school friends to the shoes I wore to my best friend’s wedding. Every now and then I get in the mood to dispose of things and take car loads to the GoodWill down the street. But there are always things with too much sentimental value to give away or throw away.

When the giant tornado hit Joplin, MO a few years ago it really made me think about ‘stuff.’ Even with the stuff gone, the sentiment/memory lingers. We don’t really need the stuff. What we need are the relationships, our health, our communities, our church families.

So maybe I need to go back over my stuff and figure out what I can do to recirculate the items or use my creative juices to come up with clever ideas like the boot nest. Surely I can think of a few good ideas. I just need a little more time.