OUR STUFF SPEAKS TO US.
The objects and environments we choose to surround ourselves with are constantly and subtly giving messages to our subconscious mind about how we feel about ourselves and our future. If you have a closet full of clothes that are too small, every morning when you look at those clothes you are getting the negative message that you are too fat. If you have a workspace that is beautiful, with lots of color and flowers and handsome furniture, you are getting the message that you like your work and coming here is a good thing. If you are keeping a wheelchair you absolutely don't need, that you must see frequently and work around as you go about your daily life, you are getting the message that you'll probably need that wheelchair. That can't be good.
Why keep something that is going to bring constant negative messages into your life? If you are keeping things around you that represent bad memories, bad jobs, negative people, and limiting beliefs about yourself, you are directly contributing to your life being and feeling less joyful, less hopeful, and LESS, in general. Don't let stuff steal your joy with its subtle whispering over time!
Commit to your environment fully supporting you in having an OUTSTANDING LIFE.
Here are a few posts from before that really reminded me of this point too:
It's So Totally ME! (about my serious mature pajamas)
Get Real By Watching a Cartoon… (about the incredible messages about stuff in the movie "UP")
What Do I REALLY Think About Feng Shui? (today's post being one place I agree with Feng Shui strongly)
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Amen! I felt MUCH better after my divorce as soon as I got all of my ex-husband’s stuff boxed up and out of the house. It was finally MY house and I could start feeling better about myself.
I’ve done the same thing with the areas of my house that I’ve cleaned and organized. I make sure to keep them clean. I give myself a mental “pat on the back” every time I walk by and notice that I’m still keeping them clean.
Excellent post. So many people hang onto items with such negative memories and thoughts associated with them and then wonder why their house feels so dreary and depressing. This post is a good wake-up call.
By the same token, Lorie …
Many people hang on to things that have “positive” sentimental value but take up too much space and create clutter — children’s drawings and other school projects/awards/essays/report cards come to mind immediately.
I totally go along with your thought process here and I’m one who’s guilty of hanging on to items of clothing that fit … but I’m really not in love with them so they never leave my closet. 🙁
Time to get my donations bag out and fill it up! 🙂
Hi Melanie! I couldn’t agree more. I do love the sound of donation bags being filled (and I am particularly fond of Goodwill). 😉