Ever notice how a mess can distract and perturb you? Sometimes it disrupts your whole sense of balance.How do you change your perspective? Perspective is defined several ways: the way in which an object appears to the eye, one’s “point of view”, the choice of a context for opinions, beliefs and experiences, or wisdom which could be the interpretation of perspective.
There are several types of messes in our daily lives such as:
1. A desk that is scattered with papers and you cannot see the desktop for the unopened mail, bills, kids papers from school and… where is that note with the guys phone number you were supposed to call about some work?
2. The pile of ironing that sits on the counter of the laundry room, week after week, and heck, now it’s fall and you can’t wear those summer shirts anymore.
3. It was really sweet, the kids made breakfast for you, it tasted great and then they ran off to the neighbors. Darn, how is it that they use every pan, get grease all over the stove, leave the milk out and even smear butter on the refrigerator?
4. The garden that grew weeds and now needs tending, each time you look out in your front yard you are reminded of your negligence.
5. The body that you let go when you did not find time to exercise, it feels like a mess now that is too big to solve.
6. The family mess because of a divorce - angry, mixed up kids, loneliness, fear, stress and financial difficulties.
It’s all a matter of your viewpoint around these situations. None of these are any bother if you have a good perspective. Take the breakfast with the kids, it was really fun, all that joking while they were asking questions about how to fry the bacon and the laughing from the first four pieces that were burnt. Being in the moment and enjoying life, that’s what counts. It makes the job of cleanup easy.
Or the changes caused by divorce or a job loss, it’s important not to beat yourself up about what happened. Get back up on the horse and find something new to bring aliveness to your life.
First, realize that it just takes baby steps to get some movement on any of these issues. Decide right now, which mess do you want to shift? Today, I chose the garden for starters as it could give me results in two areas above. First, the exercise from pulling all the weeds and hauling them down the hill to the compost, then the exercise of shoveling the wood chips. Great cardio and even some weight lifting. When I was weeding I also got to reflect on how nice this garden will look and how much I can enjoy it each day.
You see, I like results. And with the garden, or any pile you have around the house. When you are done, there is the instant satisfaction of completion. No more piles, no more mess. So for today, pick one of your messes and decide now to take some action, just a baby step.
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