My quest to end clutter has begun. No more tripping on endless piles of shoes, while looking to find the perfect pair of jeans that lie crumpled up on the floor. They didn’t fit me last year and they won’t slide on today. Why do I hang on to these items that I simply cannot wear? Hoping…. praying, that someday they will? Somebody else should wear these clothes because today I can’t. Imagine the joy I will feel every time I slip into jeans that fit. No more voices in my head telling me I failed again when the pants won’t zip.
My closet looks bigger. And that’s ok.
On to my bathroom cabinet. The promises of each lotion that I buy. This one moisturizes, that one firms. The bottle on the right reduces wrinkles, and the jar on the left makes them disappear. Oh, Calgon take me away……and it does, back to my mind. The expectations of looking like I did when I was twenty with a dab of cream here and a mask there. I’m fifty, not twenty. Out with the old. I’m beautiful just the way I am.
My cabinet looks bare. And that’s ok.
Time to tackle my kitchen. I have products that sterilize, sanitize and deodorize. With each new product I buy, I imagine one spray and my home will be spotless and beautiful. My home; the place that I share with my family. This house; where mistakes are made, tears are shed, and fingerprints are smudged on the walls. Walls that have seen joy, pain, friendships, but most of all love.
My home is lived in. And that’s ok.
Now for the clutter in my mind. With each new purchase, I imagine I will look lighter, clean better or feel happier. The negative thoughts that roll around in my head. I’m not this, or I’m not that. If I buy this, then I’ll feel that. The emptying of the stuff that surrounds me seems to clear my mind. My heart feels lighter. I laugh, I dance, I give and I love. I’m ending my world of clutter.
I have enough. I am enough. And that’s ok.
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