“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.“–Henry David Thoreau
In the end it is not about tackling the unsightly messes, the boxes of who-knows-what mildewing in the basement, or the clothes that don’t fit.
It’s not about the mountain of mail, the emails that invade your inbox, or the pile of medical bills that the insurance company refuses to cover.
It’s not about the car that needs new tires, the crazy-ass housemate who won’t turn her music down, or the neighborhood dog that barks all night.
Nor is it about “fixing” yourself.
It’s not about the despair you feel over the dishes that no one bothers to wash and put away, the to-do lists that get longer by the second, or the fact that you have zero time for your self.
It’s not about the hopelessness you feel, your inability to say no, or the fear of someone discovering your dark secret.
Clearing is not about any of those things. It is how… you… relate… to… them.
It is the space between the problem and the solution where the real juice is; where the real clearing happens. And the only way to release what isn’t working for you is to enter that sometimes scary zone called feeling.
Feeling the overwhelm, resistance, attachment, guilt, sadness, worry, despair, shame…
Feeling it all – without judging it as good or bad, or taking it personally.
–Excerpted from Chapter 2, “It’s a Jungle…In Here” – Your Spacious Self: Clear the Clutter and Discover Who You Are by Stephanie Bennett Vogt
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