Stripping down and loving it!

No, don't get scared. It's not the clothes I'm wearing that are coming off. It's the clothes in the closet that never get worn. It's the 'fashion mistakes' I've bought that just never quite fit into my wardrobe. You know what I mean. You love it in the store, but when you get it home, what were you thinking! :-)

And it's not just about closets or clothes. I'm finding myself unloading, taking out, throwing away and giving up all kinds of things. "If you feel stuck, give fifty things away," I read recently. Well, it sounded like a good idea, and certainly something I needed, so I jumped right in. Out went the old never used waffle iron. The sheets that no longer match. The lamp I never really liked anyway. In fact, I've given away so many loads that now when I drive up to Goodwill, they ask "What have you got for us today?" Imagine that. I'm on a first name basis.

So what does all this mean? Spring cleaning, you say? Well, yes, I'm sure that's part of it. But in a bigger, even more important way, I've become aware that keeping too much 'old' keeps 'new' from coming in. Not necessarily new things, but change, new ways of being, new outlooks, new ideas. If, as Eastern medicine says, "the only disease is congestion and the only cure is circulation", then I'm getting healthy! Making space. Room to breathe. Clean, clear, open areas where air can circulate and ideas can percolate.

Why not join me? I'll be the one in the silver SUV pulled up to the curb and unloading at Goodwill. Got another load to go...