Cleaning House

Life is busy. This has been my excuse for many things. Why the house is a mess, why I'm habitually late and why my body has fallen in to its state of disrepair.

I am not proud of this nor is it a character defect I advertise BUT most people who know me, already know my sick little secret. I'm busy!

The blanket "busy" keeps me from being in contact with the people I love because by the end of my day I'm just too tired to make an effort. Ouch.

The thing with making the choice to move into a new space physically, emotionally and spiritually is that your character defects (or to put it a gentler way) the things you do that used to work but don't anymore, are flashing like a neon sign all day and all night long in front of my face. I may try to close my eyes and shut it off but neon is very bright. It will not be ignored.

So the only choice for me really, is to move forward...to grow. There's a 4 letter word!

I begin to notice that there are things that have thus far occupied an enormous space in my life that simply must go now. Clutter. Not just the physical clutter but the clutter in my busy little brain.

You may be asking what any of this has to do with weight loss and getting fit? My answer to you is everything.

I was told once that to make a life change it requires us to take drastic measures and change our play friends, play ground and play things. Harsh but true.

I can no longer afford a cluttered mind or messy home because that creates LACK in me. And if I was truly, truly honest with you i would admit to having a rich, full, abundant and beautiful life. Therefor LACK is completely contrary to how I live and what I am achieving.

LACK is a nasty little varmint that picks at my wounds and confirms every ill thought I have of myself and after not only sinking to those depths but residing there for a very long time, what is left but to open a bag of chips and cry in my proverbial beer?

There is a saying that goes like this:

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk that it took to blossom"

Just for today I choose to be mindful of who I really am and not get caught up in the layer that currently covers me.

Just for today, I remember all the blessings in my life.

"This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine"