Happy New Year! Clean out your closet!
How fast has 2010 come and gone. We have all survived uncertainty. For thousands, job loss. Some have had to leave their homes. Children are having to return home or live with friends or other relatives. We have all had to downsize as we adjust to another way of living.
Living on less, and possibly living with less. With so much going on all at one time, it seems there is no time for one's self causing our immediate surroundings to become cluttered and out of order. If this is true for you, then the clutter and disorder we see around us is also going on in our minds.
Although the times we are living through are trying, peace can be found when we clean out our mental closets. At home, when my closets are out of order, it reminds me that something in my life is out of order too. I start working on clearing whatever it is, by cleaning out my closets. What I am not wearing or using, I give away. The process of clearing out and giving away relieves stress. The process of giving away, or eliminating, makes room for something else.
I pray that as I regain order and eliminate, I make room to hear clearer the still small voice inside of me as I pay more attention to how it speaks to guide and direct me. Order and cleanliness are next to Godliness.
As we clean out our mental closets for 2011, let us see the good that exists in these challenging times in situations, circumstances, people, and things. As we rearrange things in our mental closets, let's change the way we see things. Things are not usually as they appear. As we decide we need to eliminate some things, let's make room for new ideas.
It is a refreshing and good feeling being able to see everything that is in your closet, and to know where everything is. Such is also the case for our minds. When there is no clutter, we think more clearly and have more confidence in ourselves and our decisions.
It is my wish the we all work on our "Happy" from the inside out. Have a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year. Happy New "YOU"!