Spring is the season for renewal. The earth is coming out of its long winter slumber. The April showers are rinsing off the planet and getting it ready for the flowers that are about to grow. The warmth will invite plants to start blooming again. The Farmers Market will slowly start to turn into a rainbow of color. Our food will start sprouting from the earth giving us onions and leafy greens. As it gets warmer our food will come from further out on the vine giving us pea pods and green beans. Then at the peak of summer, our food comes from the tops of the trees giving us fruits and berries.
Spring Cleaning
It’s around this time when the days are getting longer and the weather FINALLY starts getting a bit warmer that I start to get our of bed with a bit more energy ready to start my day. This weekend was no exception. In our house, it was time to start Spring Cleaning. As much as I think I have whittled my closet down and removed every last thing that hasn’t been touched, it seems like each Spring there is more stuff to give away.
This year my home is feeling heavy. As I look around my living room the stuff is starting to close in on me. One too many book shelves crowding our open space. My husband and I have made a pact to get rid of enough stuff so that we can remove one of our book shelves to make more room. We are doing quite well, I must say.
I have a theory around getting rid of old stuff… whether that stuff is books and old picture frames, excess weight, unworn clothes or bad habits. The theory is that they all hold energy. That energy holds space whether that space is on your bookshelf or in your body. When you remove some of that energy you are making things lighter. Lighter things have a tendency to float, to move easier, more gracefully, with more precision — to flow.
I was told once in a class by someone for whom English was not their first language that I had ‘flow’. It was one of the biggest compliments anyone has ever paid me. It stuck with me and changed me. I strive for flow now. It’s a hard one to explain because really it’s a feeling that causes things to happen. It goes with another of my sayings that when you are doing what you are supposed to be doing things just work out. Well that’s it. When you are in your flow things just come out of nowhere and work out. For me the feeling is almost like floating. Like I am effortlessly moving along, almost like I’m being pushed in the right direction to have things work out. It’s a really cool feeling.
Flow is my word. My feeling. Feel free to borrow it. Try it on to see if it’s a fit for you. You may have your own word that demonstrates and celebrates how it feels for you when it’s all working out. While you are Spring cleaning maybe it’s time to take out that word and dust it off. As you let go of that old set of silverware taking up space in the closet, or give away those fantastic shoes you only wore once because they cut up your toes — focus on your word, get into your flow. P.S. You get an extra dose of great karma knowing that your donations will go to someone who will use them with joy.
So this year celebrate the opportunity to Spring Clean, Get rid of the old and invite in your flow.
