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Here is a challenge, declutter your life starting now… Where ever you are reading this, stop reading and look around, find 5 things you can toss out or donate… And do it, toss it or donate it… Only 5 things…
The act of cleansing or decluttering is a hard thing for us to do, we seem to collect things in our lives. If I look around my office I can see 5 things I need to toss, but can I do it? will I do it? That is the real question. I know I should, I know that I have way to much “stuff” but can I part with any of it? Does it have any value or meaning to me?
Decluttering our office,home,cars our lives is a positive thing to do, but all to often we don’t. We may organize it, put it away, because maybe, just maybe we will need it again, sometime in the future… But we never do and it just sits there taking up space.
This is true with our desks as much as with our souls and minds. How much “stuff” do we have in our souls that we just don’t need?
- Resentment
- Jealousy
- Envy
- Hatred
All of that takes up valuable space in our souls, the more we hold on to it, the more dust covers it, the harder it is to part with it. We begin to feel that it is a part of us, bad as it maybe, but still apart of us. The envy turns into a constant coveting of others, we began to expect things to be given to us, in the name of fairness. No longer thinking that we must work for what we want, just expecting what others have. The resentment turns into a feeling of disdain towards all, not just who hurt us, but all. The dust keeps us from seeing the hatred that is filling our hearts, replacing the kindness and love we once had for mankind. Turning our lives into death.
The act of decluttering will make room for:
- Forgiveness
- Love
- Charity
- Trust
Growth cannot happen if there is no room to grow, if we keep all that is old and harmful, we allow no room for what is new and beneficial. So look around you, did you find 5 things to toss? Now look inside you, did you find 5 things to toss? Keep looking, I know you will find something… We all have our things to toss, I know I do, and I know how are it can be. But I will keep looking, and I will keep trying… That is the only way I will ever succeed at change and growth.
God Bless
Paul
An American Point of View 
Hi!
First, thank you for the pinback! This is a great post. I don’t consider myself very religious, but I do consider myself very spiritual, and I have to say that my Project Harmony (the named I’ve coined for my declutter project) has definitely lifted my spirits and motivated me to do more, and it’s only been one day! With less clutter, I am looking forward to making a lot of room for personal improvements. Thank you!!
-LBH
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