Thursday 2 May 2013

Thanks to the clothes

The other day I took a bag of old clothes to the local govt. office where there is  a clothes collection point.  Putting them in the cages, I felt remiss for not having had a "thanks to the clothes" ceremony.  It's a Shinto thing - thanks to the needles day at the clothes factories. No needles, no clothes, so let's be appreciative of the broken needles.  It used to seem a bit quaint, but it makes a lot of sense.   A reminder to self - appreciate what I have, and only aquire things I really need.



2 comments:

Rurousha said...

I haven't bought new clothes in two years. Maybe more.

Books? Well. Yes. Err ...

Cecilia said...

Many of my clothes here I have had since I arrived. Fashion's not really my thing... Two types for me - things that are so conservative they are never either in or out, or things that are so not conservative that they are never in or out :)