Nature Knows to Clean Enough Space to Let in the New
- What is Community?
- The Power of Listening
- The Almonds Are Falling
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Practising Due Diligence
- Thanks to the Beach Workers who Support our Community
- Persistence Finally Has Its Rewards
- The Case to be Made for Having Expectations
- Patience – What is it anyway?
- Taking Time to Play
- Moving Gently Through My World
- Dealing with Change: Challenge or Opportunity
- The Fisherman’s Wait
- Sometimes You Need to Just “Take it Off the Menu”
- How Does One Define Health?
- Look Up, Way, Way Up
- A Playful Consideration of Perhaps a Message Received
- Balancing Time Alone and Time Together
- Being Gentle With Ourselves
- Purpose: is it Nature or Nurture?
- Waiting For A Guide
- The Power of Listening
- Goals versus Expectations How are these different?
- Remembering the First Call of a Buried Dream
- Barriers Can Be Opportunities
What a beautifully written, thought provoking piece. I continue to need so much work on this – in my physical world, yes, but more so in my brain. What will I do this year to help alleviate the constant anxiety I feel? One thing is to not hold it in and give it more power. But, there needs to be more, for sure. Thank you for this. And Happy New Year!
Leslie, Thanks for your identification of another “space” consumer, anxiety. That’s a hard one to evict. How would you describe a more joyful resident as replacement?
Hi Judith – yours is the second post I’ve read this week that mentions Feng Shui – maybe it’s having a revival?? I loved how you translated it into clearing space – especially mental and emotional space. I’m a minimalist, so I don’t have clutter at home, but my mind has held onto old stuff that I’ve been slowly discarding and with it the emotional baggage that attaches itself to old beliefs and memories. It’s very refreshing to have clear space to live and think.
Leanne, Since I follow your blog I know something of the journey you have been on. There is such serenity in your writings of a peaceful clearing out of the old to allow the new to come in.
This is so powerful, Judith. As the teacher of the course you mentioned, I was lucky enough to hear Mark’s original presentation to the group. Your insightful reflections have helped me gain even more understanding of both his teachings and yours. Thank you for these wonderfully deep and refreshing reflections on what to save, what to keep, and how to know the difference!
Thanks for your reply Rebecca. Yes, Mark’s presentation was inspirational. Am so grateful for the experience.
If you’re taking up space in my head, you should be paying rent. One of the best lessons I’ve learned and continue to live by.
Like your analogy that suggests eviction of useless “stuff” in one’s life space.