Day 94 - A Year to Clear - You Don't Have to Be a Minimalist

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Lesson 94: You Don't Have to Be a Minimalist

“- Things look a lot worse when they’re spread out all over the place and haven’t yet been put away.

- You don’t have to be a minimalist for your space to feel clear.

- A space feels good when your things make your heart sing, add value, and are placed with intention.

- Things without a “home” are clutter.”

— Stephanie Bennett Vogt

The basic truth’s from Stephanie when it comes to clearing. They all make sense and I think the one that really stood out for me was when things are spread out, it looks a lot worse. I think that’s where I can get overwhelmed and procrastinate to do something. When there is crap everywhere, the last thing I want to do is sort through it but I have been telling myself “just step by step”. I think when you do find a home for everything, the space will feel right. I am still working on this and really have set myself the goal of the end of the year to really achieve the home I want. And, I am trying to be minimalist for my own wellbeing and environmental impact. I don’t really buy possessions or clothing anymore because of my own personal choice and I think it enhances to the clearing experience. This is obviously just my own experience in trying to live a better version of myself. I think the only possessions I want to add to my space is plants, but that’s more to bring some life into the space. Rid myself of that which does not serve me and move onto those that do.

Day 94 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - There is Often Resistance...

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Lesson 94: There is Often Resistance...

Today’s lesson is about the resistance we will feel with the concept of there being no forgiveness. In the last post, I definitely struggled with it because I believe both can exist. I get the whole idea that we should do away with the idea of placing a human above another, and essentially that is what forgiveness entails. For me, I believe there are situations where you do need to get power back from people who have had it over you though and vice versa.

Today there will be someone who crosses your path in a negative way and instead of applying forgiveness, we should hold compassion for them and take it a step further and hold compassion for yourself.

I had a pretty positive day. I didn’t do much and ended the day meeting my friends parents over dinner. The only thing that kind of weirded me out was I was in a store looking at books and the sale clerk is staring at me. I could see him staring at me through the corner of my eye, so I look up and say hello. Imagine a pillar that has shelves on each side and I was walking around said pillar looking at book options. Anyway, so I’m walking around this pillar shelf and this guy continues to stare at me so I go to another wall to be out of the line of sight. Then this guy was then following me around each wall and staring so I decide to leave. I felt uncomfortable. If you want to talk to me, just do it rather than coming across as creepy.

This is the only “negative” thing that happened today and I don’t even classify it as being negative really. It was just something odd that happened. I am applying compassion in the sense of that I hope that this guy gains the confidence he needs to engage with people rather than just staring from afar. For all I know, he may have been attracted to me but didn’t know how to approach it. I apply compassion for him in this sense. The compassion I apply for myself is automatically thinking this person as creepy. I judged the situation based on my own feeling of being uncomfortable rather than taking s moment of understanding.

How did you go with this exercise?