Spring cleaning of the spirit is hard to do.
When you do spring cleaning around the house it is out with the old and in with the new. There is always deep cleaning involved. You throw away some stuff that’s either old or lost it’s usefulness for you. Sometimes you sell it or give it away.
Spring cleaning of the spirit doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes the spirit wants to incorporate the two. It wants to keep the old and still let in the new. Part of what or who keeps the spirit bound is part of what needs to go. It’s like keeping the good parts of who you became and what you have learned are qualities that can stay. The old, dusty, tired thoughts and feelings that leave you down and depressed. Those are the things that need to go.
Remembering that what you do does not define who you are needs to be kept in front of you. A friend pointed out that I lead with my heart. That means that I end up getting hurt a lot. That doesn’t mean I am willing to stop leading with my heart. It’s who I am. I love easily. I love for the moment. I love what you bring to my table of life, if that’s for right this moment, so be it. If it’s for 59 years, great! I will make the best of what I have and the best is right now!
I am poetry. I am more than what I have done. The things I have done do not define who I am as a person, nor do they diminish me.
The question becomes less of whatever will I do now, to what won’t I do now? The thoughts full of self-doubt start to get smaller and smaller and hold no power. I did that, I’m proud of that or not proud of that, whatever the case may be and look at who I am now. I am poetry. I am a goddess. I am me.
I am working on living a life without regrets. That means that even the things that leave me lonely or angry or broken or hurt, I don’t regret those things either. They make the happiness, friendships, kindness and love that much sweeter and full.
It’s a circle that continues to turn and pour onto itself. Remember every now and then to give it a good shake, get the dust off and let the light shine through.
Spring cleaning is good, even for the spirit.
1 comment:
It's both good and necessary. And the best part is, sometimes during the cleaning you find wonderful mementos you forgot about, and you get to take them out, look at them, and feel all the goodness all over again.
That and the fact that spring cleaning of the soul requires no harsh chemicals works for me.
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