So many of you wanted to know how the garage sale went, so I wanted to give you an update.
I managed to go through every room of the house and clear out at least one box of things. I even cleared out my monster linen closet. It was, literally, one of those closets where things jump out at you. I could hear it growl at me every time I passed it. Scary!
I was up until almost midnight putting price tags on everything. Then, I had to get up at 6 a.m. to set up for the sale. No sleep-late Saturday for me!
It was worth it. I made $175 and my house is clean. Well, actually, my house is NEVER "clean." I should say that it is "cleaned out." Until the toys disappear, "clean" will not be possible. But I feel better. Just knowing that there is less clutter makes me feel more organized.
The next step is to do some spiritual "de-cluttering." I think I will approach it just I like I did with the house- one room at a time. We all need to take at look at ourselves from time to time and see if we need to "clean out" anything. Our hearts are like a house. We store up so much and then we realize that we are out of space. With a house, we can keep piling it in and just get cluttered. With our hearts, we can become cluttered and have no room left for the good things. The last thing I want is to have a heart full of yucky feeling and no room for the good. And it is funny how we will hold on to the yucky stuff first.
For example, I experienced an offense at church on Sunday. It happened after service while I was walking around talking to everyone. I am a social bug who loves to talk to everyone I know. It was something so small that someone said, but I let it get to me for the rest of the day. Yesterday, it was still bothering me when I woke up. I couldn't seem to let it go. Then, I realized that the person who offended me was probably not even thinking about it at all. In fact, they probably didn't even think about how much it would offend me when they said it in the first place. So, who was suffering from it? Not them! It was I who was letting it take up so much of the space in my heart. Clutter! Yucky clutter!
I really had to work at it to let it go. But by getting rid of that unnecessary clutter, I opened up space in my heart for something better, something positive. It was only hurting me to hold onto it. After I let it go, I had a wonderful day spending time with a good friend and filling my heart with good memories, along with a really funny story that will soon be a blog entry. Just wait, you will laugh your head off...
De-clutter your heart and fill it with good stuff. After all, even our hearts need a spring cleaning!
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