What Pruning & Cleaning Clutter Teaches Me

Last week, when I wasn’t coaching, I was outside doing yardwork. Before that, I cleaned every single paper off my desk (yikes, that took weeks of chipping away at it), deleted or filed hundreds of emails (still got more to go), cleared out pockets of clutter around my house and completed projects I’ve been meaning to get to for seemingly forever. I finally washed 40 jars and bought new spices for a rack I bought three years ago. I updated my password list. I’ve been receiving regular bodywork to support my back, now that it’s aligned. I glued the lining of a favorite shoe. I’m deepening my meditations. We leak our energy when there are things that need our attention, but we put off or ignore them. In my twenties, I sat very close to the stage and watched the late, great motivational speaker Zig Ziglar. He gave everyone in the audience a wooden round Tuit to remind us to get around to it – whatever we’ve been putting off. _____________________________ As I gaze out my window, sunlight shines throughout the day on areas that used to be completely covered in shade. What a metaphor. I learned that the shadows disappeared by allowing more light to come through because I cleared out the clutter and dead branches. Life can grow in places it couldn’t before. _____________________________ Spring cleaning my office, home and yard opens space for my next steps. While doing in-depth sessions, I had the inner space to remember and use techniques I learned decades ago that are helping clients break free of their egos’ self-sabotage. Beyond mulching and clearing, I’m planting what a neighbor calls jewelry – pretty flowers in my yard. Step at a time, I’m preparing my soil for future growth in all areas of my life. Sometimes the old gets cleared out through nature and evolution. Fires clear weaker trees and debris and returns health to the forest. Challenges clear out limiting thinking and beliefs that sabotage greater success and happiness. Last year at this time, my biggest goal was to sleep. For a year, I was the caretaker for my cat who woke me throughout the night to cope with her illness, which left me feeling like a sleep-deprived zombie. Before that, my attention was focused on getting rid of a devastating mold caused by torrential rains that affected my body, head, home and finances. That was two years ago this month. _____________________________ Since my cat passed last June, I realized the energy of “catching up” and feeling “overwhelmed with so much to do” were visualizations that would only create my having to dig out of a bigger hole. I would have liked everything in my life to be in order yesterday. Instead, I see myself being “in front of” my life, business and finances. This focus has placed me on a new trajectory. It’s working. Things are getting done. I’m feeling good. I see new horizons. _____________________________ If you’re clearing out the old through challenges, may you find greater peace with a perspective of gratitude and see light that graces your life in ways it couldn’t before. Blue skies follow storms. If you’ve been putting off taking care of things that you wish were over and done, consider getting around to it. One step at a time will do. Begin. The rest is easy. P.S. Know someone who might be uplifted by reading this? You’re invited to pass this on.

I work with people who choose to share their gifts or business in a BIGGER way but don’t know how or feel stuck. I help them ignite their Soul’s goals and be richly compensated doing what they love. Copyright © 2017 Resolved for Results, All rights reserved.

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