This week, in anticipation of moving to an new office, we have all been in various stages of wondering - what will it be like? what can we let go of? what will we need to do when we move? who will we meet? what will be different? what will be the same? what worries can be set aside?
I have become fascinated by the reactions of myself and those around me, and I am in awe of just how beautifully different we all are, and how varied our responses to this forced change have been. I personally am loving the challenge of throwing out 'stuff', letting go of that which no longer is needed or serves me. I am delighting in the idea of the new people, new environment and new experiences that sitting in a different building will bring. It's an adventure. It's a way to wonder.
The wonder of clearing out is that feeling of lightness that begins to come as you fill up bag after bag of recycling, shredding into the past the pages and pages that once were decidedly useful and now have been yellowing in the corners of cabinets. Long lost and lurking files make their trip from drawer to dustbin liner, leaving us wondering what else we can search out to let go of. We had a bit of a festival with the dry wipe markers in the cupboard - who knew they had an expiry date?!
The true wonder of the week however has been just how much the clearing out has brought out the spirit of the explorer in each and every one of us and to what degree. New definitions of 'brave and courageous' are abounding, with 20 or so years of filing being left behind by some. The mood is bouyant. Clean slate is the new buzz. With the lightness has come possibility. The move has gone smoothly, and we are now all settling in, all worries left behind with the files and pages, and newness is filling the spaces we we've created. New friendships, new projects, new connections to play with, in mind and reality.
So that brings me to asking you - what can you clear out of your cupboards, metaphorical or actual? How can you bring yourself to lightness through letting go? And what wonders might come in to fill the vacuum that you create...?
4 comments:
Hi honey, what wonderous words, I love that feeling of letting go and it is still a relatively new emotion in my life. At the moment it seems that clearing things has brought lots into my vaccum and I am so excited by what has manifested and what is to come. Thank you for sharing your gifts with me and allowing me to share mine with you.
Hey girl!! thanks for introducing me to the google thing.....just viewed the Dale Grove house and put offer in and now i am wondering about clearing the loft! will have to learn together how to be ruthless with "things" that we don't really need. love your blog just keep it going.........
So thrilled to find you have a blog. It was created for you!
Jayne, I am thrilled to have found yours too. How exiting for us both!
Post a Comment