Writing a blog post for this week has
been an adventure. I'm at a venture in my home healing project. That
is such a funny word to write. I looked it up because I wanted to
know what it really meant. Venture: a risky or daring journey or
undertaking, according to the Oxford dictionary result in my Google
search.
The truth is, for me that's how it
felt. I have gotten to a point where I finally have decluttered most
of my stuff. I have very little to go through now. When it comes to what I can do in my home, my answers have now become decorating
ideas instead of decluttering.
Decorating? You wouldn't think that
would be a risky adventure. Here's the deal, decorating brings up a
whole list of beliefs and fears I didn't even realize I had.
There are beliefs I learned from my
mom. Her phrase, “I can never have nice things because of you
kids.” I realized that I have a similar idea that parents with kids
at home can't have nice things. The nice homes are for the people who
have all of their kids out of the house. When I ask myself if it's
true, I am reminded of people I know who have nice homes and
kids at home.
There are beliefs about what kind of
person buys decorating things. Funny as my current job is at Hobby
Lobby. We have a lot of crafts but in the center of the store is home
decor. This means I am seeing a lot of decorating items being bought
by everyday people. I catch the crazy beliefs coming up. Do they
need any of this? No, need isn't the right word, but they want it and
there really is nothing wrong with wanting a pretty home.
Um, that's not what my subconscious
says. As I look at a little of what I have done in my home, it both
makes me smile and makes me cringe. Money beliefs, family beliefs,
ideas about having nice things, frivolous things. They're all coming
up.
For me, this is a huge change in how I
look at and deal with homes and the people who love them. I knew
clutter expressed how we are feeling inside, why didn't I let myself
see the truth about decorating?
This is the thing about your home. Just
as we have layers to the beliefs, emotions, and thoughts inside of
us, we'll have layers in our homes. When you get through the clutter
layers, you may find some surprising things underneath. What was your
clutter protecting you from? Mine was protecting me from being a
“selfish and vain person” among other things.
I'm excited to take on these next
beliefs. What about you? Are you ready for the next layer?
With love from my heart to yours,
Michele
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