Life lesson from 'too fluffy' toilet paper...

I thought I was pretty smart last week when I bought the 36 rolls of toilet paper at Costco; not only was it cheaper than buying all those rolls 8-12 at a time, but I can fully stock all four bathrooms for a few months-and it was NICE toilet paper!! But in all of my 'smartness' I've discovered a new problem: the toilet paper is TOO FLUFFY for the bathroom holders. I found myself laughing this morning as I was cleaning bathrooms and changing rolls, etc, to find I have to fight to get more than 2 squares because the rolls don't ROLL since they are so fluffy! Told my husband our house wasn't built for 'luxurious' TP! (ha) And then it hit me, a life lesson I can take from the fluffy TP: Sometimes I need to clear up the 'fluff' in my life so I can roll easier. Okay, you can stop laughing because I do realize it's a stretch- but is it really? As our family prepares to buy and move into a new home, the clutter in the house and boxes in the garage that haven't been unpacked from our cross-country move just over a year ago taunt me. Do I really want to take all of that 'fluff' with me? Do I really NEED all that 'fluff'?? I plan to spend some time over the next few months going through everything and making sure we only move into the new house those items that we really want or need; we're trying to let go of the boxes of things we may use or need 'some day'. As our Pastor at CVC has been teaching these past few weeks on "Live like you were dying", I'm finding that I take more time to really think about the things I have...the things I think I want or need...and the things that are making my life busy-GOOD things, Godly things sometimes, but they are simply 'fluff' that often times makes my life a lot harder to roll along... Just some bathroom humor on a Monday!!