"15x10"
That's the amount of stuff we own that will fit into a storage facility. A nice leather couch, bookshelf, console, Target dining set, and a super-duper Tempurpedic bed. We're not pack rats, but that's the amount of stuff we own.
That's why this journey that Michele and I are about to undertake is possible. We try to live simply, frugally and generously upon others.
No job, bad economy? Check.
Lots of time to reconnect, revive and reinvent? Check.
This was a journey that was in the making for several years. We talked of moving, but every time we got pregnant it was like a stop sign. Then came the losses and deaths. Death of my father and the miscarriages. It was like living a broken record. Same results year after year.
That wears on you. It worn us like a pair of shoes ready to be tossed. I read one writer who said life has a tendency to wear you down without you realizing it. Before you know it you're different. You lost something. You changed. Most of the time it's not for the better. For some people they wake up finding a marriage that slowly withered, for others they are left asking what was my life about?
I wasn't going to let that happen to Michele or I. We needed to do something radical. The last three years doesn't have to define us for the rest of our lives.
We need to deal with it, process it, grieve, but we needed a 'reboot'.
That's why this 15x10 space is propelling us to take a journey across America with the goal of RECONNECTING, REVIVING and REINVENTING.
Is it bold? Yes. Is it scary? Yes. But if you stay the same and while life is in motion you'll find yourself only staring at 15x10 worth of goods that will eventually disappear.
Your heart, your faith, who you are and what your marriage is about matters more and to do something radical to REVIVE it is something every husband, and wife must choose everyday.
Your life doesn't consist of a 15x10 space. Jesus said what shall a man profit if he gains the whole world, yet loses his own soul?