"Is your life cluttered?"
Some friends of mine are building a new house with all of the excitement of picking out colors and appliances and deciding where to hang the toilet paper roll. All of this excitement is accompanied by the reality of moving and going through all of their accumulated stuff. Their real estate agent advised them to declutter their current home, i.e., move some of their furniture out so the rooms look bigger, take clothes out of the closets so they look more spacious, and you get the idea.
One of my friends said to me, “It’s amazing how you get used to your stuff being there. You don’t think of your home as being cluttered until you move some of it out and then you realize it really was.”
His remark made me think about other things that could use some decluttering…like your thoughts. You think in a certain way for a while and accumulate thoughts, some of which make your world smaller. Or your heart harbors certain feelings that you need to let go of. So today declutter your life as you listen to life and make a spacious life, not just a living.
posted by Listen To Life @ 7:23 AM
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This came at such an appropriate time! I am "decluttering" my home as I re-paint inside and out and sadly rid of some of my deceased mother's things that just can't be used by any family member now or ever. BUT---I had never thought of "decluttering my mind". This is a powerful thought for today and many to come, and I thank you for bringing it to my attention. As the movie "Oh God" said: "Think God" and you have added declutter. WONDERFUL! Thank you so very much.
You're welcome, Marion. The power of decluttering lies in its daily application. Decluttering can be overwhelming if we let the clutter pile up so that we become accustomed to thoughts in our minds and feelings in our hearts that we're better off without. So declutter every morning or evening and "think[ing] God" gets a lot easier!
You're welcome, Marion. The power of decluttering lies in its daily application. Decluttering can be overwhelming if we let the clutter pile up so that we become accustomed to thoughts in our minds and feelings in our hearts that we're better off without. So declutter every morning or evening and "think[ing] God" gets a lot easier!
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