I’ve been going through things left around the home from previous owners or tenants and emptying them out and now have to decide what stays and what goes. This external step and it’s internal reflection presents an opportunity to face the shadow self. Even if in cleaning up you don’t process it at that level and know why it feels good, it’s a surface layer of what could be a deeper exploration. What patterns, reactions, and storage are part of what you have been immersed in with developmental and later chosen environments? Are you hosting learned or outdated patterns now? If you are, and they’re not serving a greater good, how about a little cleanup?
Approach this with curiosity instead of judgement. Find it interesting to recognize behaviors and even contradictions within yourself and others. Shake out the inner contents and you may find light where there was darkness.
The box above has been impossible for me to move. I had a moment in this ongoing need to release things, where I had to figure out what was in there. I needed to know why it was so heavy. As I turned it over and rolled it a few feet along, dirt, pieces of brick, and all sorts of squirmy friends went fleeing. With the passing days that I’ve photographed changes and different angles, the box shows a little more light shining through the slats. It’s a good reminder of why we need to physically release, emotionally release, and time to adjust.
Presence and Positivity 