Scarf
I've been contemplating sufficiency again. I had to revisit my sufficiency list for a work I'm writing, and it is so interesting to think about the relationships with objects that I've developed. Perhaps it is because there are so few items in the sufficiency list. In our society, everything is replaceable and living with a lot of objects has been normalised. I believe it's easier to develop beautiful relationships with fewer items. The scarf in the picture above is one of the objects in my sufficiency list. I got it in Sweden, and the scarf lived with me in Sweden, Finland and Denmark. I wore it as I travelled from one country to another, in summer evenings when it was cold, when it was raining, when I needed to hide from the world to think deeply about something. The scarf has a story. Over the years, it has acquired some imperfections. In places, it's thinner than before. But to me, this scarf is not replaceable. This is not to say that I would feel sad if someone took it, or if I lost it, as I also try to practise non-attachment to things. But I also value this object and want to live with it for many years.