The C’s and P’s
Here is the draft of a speech I gave for a group this week. I hope that it can touch base with some of us that are looking for the meaning of it all….
We say to ourselves we should change and do what we can to reach our personal best, but something keeps us from trying. Something stops us from believing in ourselves.
it’s that C word
Steals your dreams
Bogs you down
Causes lethargy
It’s the C word that represents
Emotional baggage
Postponed decisions
Procrastination
That C word is clutter.
You know who you are
Are you consistently late?
Spend time looking for things?
Do you apologize for the state of your home?
Pay bills late because you misplaced them?
Brothers and Sisters,
Like the calories that accumulate, little by little, pound by pound, on our hips waist and thighs, so do the clutter in our lives
What we have in your life right now – the circumstances, the challenges - are not who we are. They’re who you were. They reflect where our energy and focus was in the past.
The future is held in where your thoughts, behaviors and energy are today
How can we be here today when we’re held back by yesterday’s thoughts and behaviors?
The higher you can raise your energy and remind yourself of where you’re going, the faster it will come to you. This is where your environment can be such a great friend.
It’s important the energy in your environment is in alignment with what you want so it can support you rather than working against you.
Sounds easy?
To some of us the task of clearing the clutter can be overwhelming.
The only place to start is at the start.
Patti, that was pretty profound, so I will rewrite that:
The only place to start is at the start
Do what you can with what you have from where you’re at.
Ask yourself these questions about the clutter in your life.
-do I need it? – do I use it? do I love it?
- does this represent where I’m going in life?
- Does it make my heart sing?
By cultivating awareness within yourself, you’ll learn to see your home as an integral part of your existence rather than somewhere you simply return to at the end of each day.
Your home mirrors what you think, feel and experience.
We all know that there are some universal laws. One is the law of gravity. If someone decides to throw a ball up in the air, it will come down. It’s the law. Does it matter how smart you are? How tall or short you are? How talented? How rich, or poor?
The law of attraction, like the law of gravity, is surprisingly simple: Like attracts like. And anyone can do that too.
Here’s how it works. I call it Patti’s P’s to Paradise:
Place the order
What WOULD you really like? You may not be used to giving this too much thought.
This is your personal mission statement and it can be the headlights that illuminate your destination.
When we know the direction we want our choices to take us, it’s as if we’ve placed an order with the universe. We’ve put part of our energy out there. Energy cannot move freely through clutter – it’s just not possible
Prepare for the arrival
My coworker ordered a beautiful sectional sofa from a high end shop in Thornbury. Did she just walk away and forget about it till it appeared? She prepared for it’s arrival. She cleared the old furniture out. She bought new ottomans. She knew that the couch would come, so she laid the groundwork.
Make a habit of preparing for the arrival of your dreams and goals.
A habit is an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary on every possible level.
This provides the energy you need to create the outcome. Like the radio, you must be tuned in to a frequency.
Pretend you have it:
Imagine you now have this thing or this way of being you’ve chosen.
Most importantly, feel the gratitude that you know you will feel once you are where you want to be.
During your dig you will find gems in that mine, things you’ve stashed away for a special occasion—a bottle of special wine, a gorgeous pair of shoes, silver or crystal… things that remind you of the lifestyle choices you deserve. Take them out and put them to use tonight, just because you’re alive now to enjoy them! That’s a great cause for a celebration.
Mother Nature tells it like it really is:
The winter blanket of white doesn’t destroy the earth’s ability to renew – it just cloaks it for awhile. Beneath the soil, seeds begin to reach out tendrils, feeling their way towards the surface.
The same is true of your own wild, creative self — your spirit is always germinating with new ideas, thoughts, connections, and dreams. This spring, I am offering you the opportunity to pull back that cloak of winter (physical, mental and/or spiritual) and reveal the sweet gifts and stunning surprises your soul has waiting for you.Written by Patti Smith, CSP