Spring Clean Your Emotional Closets
Photo credit: Cosmic Care
Spring has sprung! Spring is here! Spring is a time for renewal, growth, planting seeds, setting new goals, renewal.
As I walked around my yard, snapping photos of Spring blooms, I felt a sense of emotional renewal; a sense of new growth in my personal life.
As I began pulling some weeds out of my flower beds, I knew I was making room for new growth, eliminating the dead, the garden “clutter” that would eventually overrun my flowers if I did not clean them out.
Spring has always been associated with Spring Cleaning. We open our windows, let the fresh air circulate, clear out the space for the new birth. We clean our houses—emptying closets, cabinets, and refreshing everything. We decide what to keep, what to toss away, what to donate. We clear the clutter—the material clutter.
We become so refreshed and excited to Spring clean the “things” we have lying around. The simple process of reorganizing your house can give such a sense of newness and put a new persepctive on your living space. The same holds true for reorganizing your mind.
Shouldn’t we be as just as excited to Spring clean the thinking, emotions and negative patterns we’ve developed over time? Shouldn’t we take as much time and create a process for Emotional Spring cleaning as well?
What about the Emotional Clutter?
I think it is more difficult to Emotional Spring clean, for some reason, unknown to me. Perhaps it is because we have to face old habits that no longer work for us, unproductive thinking, negative self-talk, and the clutter of past experiences. The “Emotional Cleansing” can clear out all the past behaviors and patterns that keep us in a constant state of drama—these, too can be sorted—what to keep, what to toss and what to donate!
Tips For “Weeding” Your Mind
Know Your Limitations
Don’t Make Excuses
Don’t Say “I Can’t“
Forgive
Tell Yourself The Truth
Clear The Clutter
Stop Procrastinating—Do It Now!!
Eliminate the “If Only’s…”
Take All The Time You Need——Slow Down!!!!
Tags: Emotional Spring Cleaning, inspirational, personal growth, self improvement, spiritual growth
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