When you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.

Live your life as if every moment was a gift and celebrate that it has been given to you.

I choose to accept rather than expect!

I upgrade my consciousness to be Always Growing.

I am present! Right here, Right now!

Don't ask yourself what the world needs; ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. — Harold Whitman

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them. — Albert Einstein

The more fun you have, the greater your value to yourself and to your society. The more fun you share with others, the more fun you have. 

the Oaqui

The victim complains with a blaming voice,
Making excuses, weaving story after story.
The victor sees clearly and makes a choice,
Being authentic, he lives in full glory.  
S. Bauer

 I involve my family and seek to create fun-fun for everyone.

Clutter Free Parenting

Have you ever noticed the build up of clutter in your life?  Not just in your physical environment, but in your mind as well.  Have you noticed that one type of clutter effects the other and vice-versa?

So which came first – the chicken or the egg – the physical clutter or the mental?

How often have you put something off until later day after day? When you continually put things off, your physical space becomes a reminder of your little broken promises to yourself,  the “shoulds” you use to beat yourself up.

 How often have you put something off until later day after day? When you continually put things off, your physical space becomes a reminder of your little broken promises to yourself,  the “shoulds” you use to beat yourself up.

We have become inspired by Kim Payne’s book Simplicity Parenting and have been working on simplifying our home and our lives. We have been seeing some amazing changes. In doing so, I had an experience of how putting things off, until later created both physical and mental clutter for me.

Just the other day, when I was getting ready to exercise, I went to turn on the ceiling fan and discovered there was no pull cord to turn it on. In came the mental clutter, “Right, I said I would fix that.” I went to the drawer where I knew the pull cord would be and the drawer was overflowing with receipts, coins, pens, papers, batteries, tools, mail, old cookies, etc. you name it, and it was there. And again my mental clutter appeared saying, “How many times did I commit to cleaning this out?"

Okay enough! It is time to clean the clutter!”

Do you know what usually happens when you engage in cleaning project? When you start cleaning, things may look worse than before. Instead of all the junk being packed into one drawer, it is now affecting your visual and physical realm. What began as fixing the pull cord on the fan becomes a three hour overhaul of your junk drawer. Oh, and of course, while you are doing that you might want to clean all the stuff on the counter so it doesn't go into your nice clean drawer.

Do you see the pattern here?

Again, if you keep putting things off, they not only create physical clutter but they become reminders of unkept promises  and this, results in mental clutter.

The solution is to take action NOW and to begin to develop more simplicity in your life.

Very soon I will be posting more on how simplifying has changed our family dynamics

If you would like to find out more about Simplicity Parenting, visit their site simplicityparenting.com.

Live simple. Think BIG.

Bhagavan

 

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