Today I woke up thinking about all the stuff in my closet. I was thinking of big bags filled with unneeded shirts, pants, and even some shoes I may be able to part with. I was pushed to enter my closet and see how much stuff I had. I guess I should tell you that I have a double walk in closet that is filled with clothes, purses, belts, and shoes….lots and lots of shoes! Why do I have a huge closet filled with all this stuff? Do I need it all? Of course not, in fact most of it was energy hanging off hangers. What do I mean by that?
When I got divorced several years ago one of the first things I did was clean out my closet of my ex’s stuff. I pulled it off hangars and shoved it into bags and told him to come and pick it up. I no longer wanted a reminder of our relationship folded and hung where I had to see it everyday. So I ended up with a huge walk in closet half full. Well, that could never be. That is when I unconsciously started filling the closet with things. What I didn’t understand and makes apparent sense to me now is that all the stuff I filled it with….the clothing items…were also emotional items. And those emotions are still hanging in my closet today. Some things I have gotten rid of along the way…but a lot of items and emotions are still hanging in there.
This morning I woke up and thought, I don’t use half that stuff so why am I holding onto it? What does it do for me? If I don’t wear it but it hangs in my closest then what is it there for? It’s extraneous. It’s unneeded. But you know, until you are ready you aren’t gonna make the move. Today I am ready.
See our closets are more than just storage places for our clothes. They are great analogies for our lives as well. Look at your closet…..no, really look….does your closet resemble your life? Is it perfectly organized by color with everything in it’s perfect place? Is your life that way too? Is it all jumbled up together with things lying on the floor? Is your life like that too?
Well, my closet is absolutely a rendition of my life. I used shopping to assuage any unhappiness in my life and so I have made some unfortunate choices in my life. And even more, I have things that are from the past still dangling from padded hangers holding up all that time in my face and making me stay rooted in those emotions and places. You see my closet is a jumble of things I can’t let go of and things I want to be. I have a lot of beautiful items that I wear all the time….and I have a lot of stuff that I have either grown out of or dislike that is still hanging there taking up not only space but energy too. If you think your clothes aren’t energetic then think about how you feel when you put on something that you know makes you look terrific. So, just like everything else in your life, clothes have an energy and that energy affects your life.
We all can find other things to do than clean out closets and drawers in our homes. But everyone has heard of Feng Shui and the how the energy of our living environments affect the energy that flows in our life. That is absolutely true. And to take that further our homes are the reflection of what we face in our lives. Is your house immaculate if someone were to walk in but are you closets and storage areas a mass of junk? Are your counters laden with stuff and does it bug you but you don’t do anything about it? Seeing the connection?
Don’t feel bad, we all do this. Most of us don’t even know we are doing it. However, I have seen over the last year how my inner spirit is ready to start shifting things in my life. That is why this morning I woke up to the idea of cleaning out my closet and getting rid of stuff that no longer suits me or my life. Today it is time for my shift in energy and I am ready! I know that now I am in the place of making changes and adapting to those open spaces that are now able to move and create new things in my life….who knows maybe by creating space in my closet that someone else may enter my life to fill that space….anything is possible.
So I leave you with this…when you feel compelled to make changes in your life, even if it is just making space in your closets and drawers, trust that push and don’t put it off. I guarantee that what you get rid of will soon bring new and exciting energy into your life. Not only that but a heaviness lifts from you even if you didn’t know it was even there.
Make some space or let go of the rigidity….allow for new things and wonderful new opportunities to make themselves known to you. Follow your heart and listen to it’s guidance….it is NEVER wrong. Now I got my plastic bags in hand and I’m ready to start the process. Want to join me?
I liked this post. I think women, more then men, are collector of stuff that hangs in closets especially after a loss…I bought a bunch of stuff that hangs in my closet after my mom died. I also have some of her stuff, which I will personally never wear, hanging in my closet…just hanging there. I’m not sure why. I don’t really look at it or hold it in my hands, or wear it. It just hangs there. And shoes…shoes that I cannot wear because the lupus i have has caused it to be painfully impossible for me to wear high heels..yet I have them and continue to buy them…because of the loss of what? Being able to wear high heels? Loss of my younger days? Loss of more of my health? Who knows. But they sit there, looking at me, reminding me that they can’t be worn. I have a half dozen huge garbage bags filled with clothes, purses and stuff that I cleaned out of my closet to get rid of sitting in my bathroom, and they have been sitting there for about 2 months now. I can’t bring myself to get rid of them. I “say’ it’s because the bags are too heavy or I have no where to take them. but in reality it is because i am afraid to part with it all! what if I need that dress that I haven’t worn in three years? I guess until you are really ready to give it all away it will stay with you!