"As above, so below" (You say you want CHANGE, Prove It!)
In my 30 Days to Fierce, Fearless, Phenomenal Empowerment for Women Life Challenge with Frantonia Pollins, we were given an assignment. We were assigned a task to rid ourselves of clutter in our physical environment. Now that might sound very simple to you BUT I will tell you that it is a process that proves to be extremely effective and essential!
”As above, so below," means that our actual atmosphere is a reflection of whatever thoughts and feelings we hold within ourselves and vice versa. I have known this to be true in my life but at times I’ve allowed myself to forget.
Sometimes we get so loaded down with life’s issues that we forget the lessons we have learned from our past. We fail to remember the truths that have saved us from stress, pain, worry and etc. We allow the bull junk in our lives to cloud our vision. Why we do this, I don’t know but I do know that we are all works in progress and learning is a process. The key is that if you truly desire change, you must start somewhere; there can be no journey without a beginning. If your life is full of clutter, chaos and confusion your physical atmosphere will show it even if you try to hide it or if you refuse to see it. It will show itself manifested in your home, your car, in your bedroom drawers, in your experiences and so on.
So last night I began my “ridding/cleansing” process and I started with my closet. I noticed that I felt anxiety while I was choosing what needed to go. At that time, I chose to be very honest with myself. I stopped in that very moment and analyzed how I was feeling and I asked myself why I was feeling that way. In my honesty, I admitted to myself that sometimes I hold onto things and people because I am afraid I'll go without if I don't. I am frightened I won’t have enough money to replace the items that I give away. I am afraid I will be alone if I get rid of certain people, even if they have proved to be ineffective in my life. The appearance of instability frightens me. Even though I know it’s only an illusion I still allow it to rob me of my freedom, my clarity and sometimes my sanity. After I finished with the clothes, I moved onto the shoes. Before I began I had to pause, brace myself and increase my will power because like most women and some men, I have a deep and devout relationship with my shoes. Because of that I assumed ridding certain pairs of shoes would be harder but once I started seeing all the "stuff" I allowed to clutter my atmosphere and hence my life, I got more excited about clearing it all out so the new could manifest itself in my reality! The freedom I felt and the pride I experienced when I was done was indeed fierce, fearless, phenomenal and empowering!
My question to you is this: Are you scared of letting go? If so, why do you hold onto things, people, habits and etc., if they have been of no good use to you? Do you have clothes, shoes and other “things” in your environment that you have not seen in the last 6 months? Do you have people in your lives that have not proved that they deserve to be around you but yet, you keep them around anyway? Do you continue habits that you know are unhealthy for you but you use every excuse in the book to continue on with them? Why?
If this is YOU, Listen closely! We are petrified of letting go. We fear loneliness, we fear looking unstable to other people; we are scared that if we rid ourselves of the clutter that we might feel like we have nothing at all. We are afraid that if we are forced to pay attention to the mess in our lives; we will realize that we created it, that we are the cause. Who wants to admit that?! Who wants to take responsibility for the experiences in their lives? We only want to claim the good things and experiences; we blame the “bad stuff” on other folks. We fail to understand that the clutter is what is holding us back! We fail to recognize that the clutter we place in our lives is causing the stress, pain, worry and etc. and only we can get rid of it. We fail to comprehend this powerful point – How can the blessings we truly desire show up in our lives if we refuse to rid ourselves of the old things that are blocking them? We must erase those unproductive and sabotaging thoughts and replace them with productive and progressive thoughts! We must clean inside and out! We first must choose to begin our beginning NOW!
Until next time,
Tiffany Michellé
Curious about Tiffany Michellé ~ View my website at http://literarythought.com/
Life Coach Frantonia Pollins can be reached at http://frantoniapollins.com/
”As above, so below," means that our actual atmosphere is a reflection of whatever thoughts and feelings we hold within ourselves and vice versa. I have known this to be true in my life but at times I’ve allowed myself to forget.
Sometimes we get so loaded down with life’s issues that we forget the lessons we have learned from our past. We fail to remember the truths that have saved us from stress, pain, worry and etc. We allow the bull junk in our lives to cloud our vision. Why we do this, I don’t know but I do know that we are all works in progress and learning is a process. The key is that if you truly desire change, you must start somewhere; there can be no journey without a beginning. If your life is full of clutter, chaos and confusion your physical atmosphere will show it even if you try to hide it or if you refuse to see it. It will show itself manifested in your home, your car, in your bedroom drawers, in your experiences and so on.
So last night I began my “ridding/cleansing” process and I started with my closet. I noticed that I felt anxiety while I was choosing what needed to go. At that time, I chose to be very honest with myself. I stopped in that very moment and analyzed how I was feeling and I asked myself why I was feeling that way. In my honesty, I admitted to myself that sometimes I hold onto things and people because I am afraid I'll go without if I don't. I am frightened I won’t have enough money to replace the items that I give away. I am afraid I will be alone if I get rid of certain people, even if they have proved to be ineffective in my life. The appearance of instability frightens me. Even though I know it’s only an illusion I still allow it to rob me of my freedom, my clarity and sometimes my sanity. After I finished with the clothes, I moved onto the shoes. Before I began I had to pause, brace myself and increase my will power because like most women and some men, I have a deep and devout relationship with my shoes. Because of that I assumed ridding certain pairs of shoes would be harder but once I started seeing all the "stuff" I allowed to clutter my atmosphere and hence my life, I got more excited about clearing it all out so the new could manifest itself in my reality! The freedom I felt and the pride I experienced when I was done was indeed fierce, fearless, phenomenal and empowering!
My question to you is this: Are you scared of letting go? If so, why do you hold onto things, people, habits and etc., if they have been of no good use to you? Do you have clothes, shoes and other “things” in your environment that you have not seen in the last 6 months? Do you have people in your lives that have not proved that they deserve to be around you but yet, you keep them around anyway? Do you continue habits that you know are unhealthy for you but you use every excuse in the book to continue on with them? Why?
If this is YOU, Listen closely! We are petrified of letting go. We fear loneliness, we fear looking unstable to other people; we are scared that if we rid ourselves of the clutter that we might feel like we have nothing at all. We are afraid that if we are forced to pay attention to the mess in our lives; we will realize that we created it, that we are the cause. Who wants to admit that?! Who wants to take responsibility for the experiences in their lives? We only want to claim the good things and experiences; we blame the “bad stuff” on other folks. We fail to understand that the clutter is what is holding us back! We fail to recognize that the clutter we place in our lives is causing the stress, pain, worry and etc. and only we can get rid of it. We fail to comprehend this powerful point – How can the blessings we truly desire show up in our lives if we refuse to rid ourselves of the old things that are blocking them? We must erase those unproductive and sabotaging thoughts and replace them with productive and progressive thoughts! We must clean inside and out! We first must choose to begin our beginning NOW!
Until next time,
Tiffany Michellé
Curious about Tiffany Michellé ~ View my website at http://literarythought.com/
Life Coach Frantonia Pollins can be reached at http://frantoniapollins.com/
