A few months ago, I cleaned out my entrance way closet. It was so cluttered and so messy, I couldn’t fit my coats in there anymore. I couldn’t shut the door and I was always mortified when company needed to get in there.
When I cleaned it, it felt wonderful. It felt like a piece of peace right there in my entrance way. It was completely refreshing and absolutely freeing to all of us.
I think our lives are like that sometimes.
Once in a while we need to take a good hard look at our lives and see what is working and see what is not. Sometimes we have to weed out the things that aren’t useful and that make our lives messy. This is where the tricky part comes in. Often we have to determine what that is. We have to decide if it should still be in there but better organized. Sometimes what worked in the beginning just doesn’t work now. You have to decide that. You have to decide what will bring peace to your closet and to your life.
Do you have bitterness? Get rid of that. It will only be clutter for you.
Do you entertain jealousy? Throw that away. There isn’t any room in your closet for that.
Are you too busy? Do you equate busyness with acceptance; being crazy busy with being important? Remember your kids don’t need you to save the world. They need you to be there for them. Present and in the moment – in their moments. Don’t buy into the lie that the busier you are, the better your life is or the more loved or in demand you are.
Are you leaving room for harmful relationships? Sometimes when you have harmful relationships, you leave no room for the good ones. It’s like the coat that hangs in your closet that is too big or too small or too something but you leave it there because you think that one day you can fix it. Get rid of it. Make room for the coats that fit you.
Just because you can stuff it all in and close the door doesn’t mean you can do it well. It doesn’t mean it looks pretty.
I want my life to be like that entrance way closet is now. When I walk in the door, I look to my right and take in a big gulp of peace. It feels like I can breathe better when I see order. I want people to look at me and feel the same way. I want people to look at me and see peace. I want to look at me and see peace.
Take a look at your life now. What are some things you need to toss out in order to restore peace?
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