Tidying the mind
Hello my faithful facebook friends, it is a joy and pleasure to be able to write my random thoughts down and share with you! If you ever want to discuss anything me I would love to talk to you! Email me at karagreening@hotmail.com or facebook me. I was just reading about Marie Kondo, who is a Japanese tidying guru with a book called "The life-changing magic of tidying up", which is a bold statement. Who knew that tidying up could be magical and change your life? Her success is in convincing people to only keep that which brings them joy or is really useful.
I like to do, so I applied her principle to my wardrobe and de-cluttered. My mind wandered to thoughts of how applying the same principle to my heart and mind would increase my life satisfaction immensely. Imagine if we were able to take out every thought in our minds and examine them and if they bring joy; keep them, if not then discard them. Our mental health would blossom. Only joyful or useful thoughts would be allowed to take up residence. Is this what the scripture refers to in second Corinthians 10, verse 5 when it says to take every thought captive and make it obedient to Christ?
I know that my negative, self destructive thoughts are not lining up with what God thinks of me. I know I shouldn't allow them to live in my mind or grow in my heart.
When a negative thought comes up I am practising reframing it into a positive. So when I start to think how crap I am at something I reframe the thought into "its great to practise things I'm not very good at, that way I will improve". Its funny that reading it in scripture is one thing, but it wasn't until I thought of it from a tidying perspective that it was real and practical. In your mind what do you allow to grow and take up space? Are you filling your heart and life with joyful, positive things or has fear or doubt started taking up space? Maybe this week we should look at our thoughts and start de-cluttering. KG
PS - see Marie Kondo in this clip as she explains the concept that led to her guru status
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