Not in that boring, oh, no, I have to clean my house way. But with love. I start small. The way I might lovingly care for a plant, the way I would carefully apply color to a painting or brush a child's hair.
I start with one corner. Imbue it with my presence. My full attention and care. I move things out of the way and clean underneath them and decide what I really want to keep. Maybe it's time to let some things go. Perhaps they have outlived their purpose and no longer contribute in a useful or beautiful way to my living space. When I clean and organize my space, it starts to sparkle with my Spirit energy. Clutter is stagnant and heavy. Could you break it up?
Do you also find that you want to keep going back to look at an organizing project? It feels good to be in the energy of a newly organized space. Alive and bright. It’s like you have spiritualized a little portion of your domain.
Because cleaning tends to overwhelm me, I divide my space into sections when I clean. The space to the left of the sink. Just that. Could you make that perfect? Clear, clean, and organized. Feel that. Then scrub I scrub my sink. So nice. Maybe that's all I want to do today. Or the space to the immediate right of the sink could also use a little sparkle. I make it manageable. Whatever I do will make me feel better and inspire me to do more. Momentum.
I might polish a window. Just one. See how much more Light pours in and how bright it feels. A home can be a welcoming sanctuary when thoroughly imbued with attention and our Spirit's Presence. It grounds me. Deeply. Into the moment. The simplicity of scrubbing, polishing, and wiping. I want to let it be an act of love. Even if no one else is around to see the sparkly efforts of my labor, I do it for myself. For love and gratitude of the home.
It feels like I’m pulling Spirit in and through me and into the world. It makes me will feel more sparkly and clear as well.
If you read this far, you may be wondering what I am wearing on my head. It's a tea cozy. It fits over a tea pot and keeps it nice and warm for a long time. This particular tea cozy is from the 1970s. It was in my home growing up, and on cold mornings, it was nice to stick this on your head to warm your ears.