I'm currently in the process of packing up most of my belongings to move to another country for a while. I leave in just under 3 days inshaAllah.
Packing for a long trip with no definite return date means that I have to go through nearly everything I own, and makes me re-examine the purpose of a lot of things that I'm leaving behind. Limited suitcase space gives rise to a lot of personal judgement/decisions about what true needs are vs. the frills. We go through our lives accumulating items that have either intrinsic or sentimental value - but at the end most of it means nothing.
Packing up my life is hard. I have a lot of stuff to go through, but that's not why it's hard. Rather, I now really have to deal with the fact that I'm leaving the home tree that has always had stable roots, for a life of a seed trying to burrow itself into the ground to grow and make its own roots. What if I get tired and a slight wind blows me away?
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That sounds like a daunting task, but I have no doubt that you will do it with efficiency (and probably no tears), insha'Allah.
Inshallah, you'll be fine. The wind will always blow but the seed finds a way to still grow... :)
I got exactly the same feeling when I was traveling almost 6 months back. I went through everything, even made a little will, sorted out all the clutter I had collected over the years, got rid of the "frills" as you say...
It was quite liberating to understand that none of what we think is important in this life is as important as securing the best of the next "real" one.
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