Recuperating
Today while I’m recuperating from periodontal surgery, I think I’ll focus on
my home. Reminds me how important one’s immediate environment is on one’s
mental state.
Lately — ever since the diarrhea, interestingly enough — I’ve been on this
kick to get rid of all the old stuff I’ve been collecting for years and
years. For years I’ve been saving this and that because, well, you know,
some day I might need/use that thing. Since I am a creative person who has
done embroidery, knitting, sewing, and fine art painting in oils, watercolor
and acrylic, not to mention being a writer, you can just imagine what I
could have accumulated.
I used to belong to a spiritual group which used to have us clear out the
house every 6 months. We were supposed to get rid of anything we hadn’t
used in the past 1/2 year, including any pictures ont he wall that we hadn’t
looked at. Part of their idea about life was that each human had a certain
amount of “stuff” he or she felt comfortable with and that you would gather
that amount around you in order to feel secure. So getting rid of what you
hadn’t used was creating space (literally) for new experiences to come in.
In fact they used to say that, if you wanted a relationship, you should
create space in your home for the other person and then they would show up.
So my suggestion as we head toward 2000 is to create space for the new,
enlivening, joyful experiences of the period to come.
Aikya