You are describing MY life until about 3 years ago!

I’m homeless for the last four years. The house I had before was decorated with golden chandeliers. “I have” was very important to me. I identified it with being. My self-worth was measured by my material possessions. I was possessed by them instead of having them. I couldn’t stand “I am” by itself; not without labels to accompany it. Since I believed that I was nothing without these, that’s where all my fears came from. What would I do if I lost them… What will I be if I just “am” without something to follow? The main fear was one, of course; that I…
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Anthi Psomiadou
Jenine Bsharah Baines
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Nov 23, 2021
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You are describing MY life until about 3 years ago! Except I lost the houses with golden chandeliers after my divorce roughly 6 years ago. And I’m not homeless — but I don’t own my home. I rent. One more ‘possession’ I have learned to detach from.
Great story, Anthi. A homeless woman guiding us to our true home. Xox
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Written by Jenine Bsharah Baines3K Followers
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J…Jen…Jeni…Jenine... Proper names are poetry in the raw. (W.H. Auden) Poet, singer, seeker, hippie grandmother gleefully revealing herself
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