Burning Down the House

Kim and I occasionally try the following thought experiment.  Imagine that your house burns down completely, with all of your possessions inside.  You only have enough time to grab what your two hands can carry and you have no time to risk going back in as the flames take everything else.  What would you bring with you?  Photos, family heirlooms, treasured jewelry?  Wait, don't we have cloud access for our photos babe, so I can grab something else?  HA! 

How would you react to the loss of nearly everything you own?  Talk about 'Letting Go' versus 'Clinging'.  What attitude would you bring to the table?  Of course, no one would want such a tragedy to befall them, but could there be something amazing as a result if it did?  Imagine the freedom you would have with literally nothing to tie you down, to take care of, to be responsible for maintaining.  Can you see the possibilities and excitement of starting over and being ever so careful about what you bring into your life from this day forth?  Kim and I love to think about the few possessions that mean most to us, that we might hate losing the most, but the truth is we take absolutely none of it with us when we pass anyway.  Doing this brings on a gratitude for not just those most prized treasures, but everything else we have in our lives.  That said, it also makes us realize how little any of our 'stuff' really matters in the final analysis.  What does matter of course is each other, the relationships we have, the love we share with one another, with our fellow man.  So, what would you take with you if your house burned down?