Not sure how many of you have those loveable but annoying friends, that come to visit, barge into your room, go straight for the closet and start rummaging. A beloved sister does that to me and it’s like ‘Liz you have to give me something’ or ‘I must take something today!’ And she starts shuffling things from one side to another, her greed knowing no containment, taking this and dropping that, putting the clothes against her body, forgetting that none will fit as we are different sizes, doing her best to squeeze her fat feet into my shoes, she tend to manage the shoes with a lot of painful overhanging bits. I sit there observing her drama and amused at the loveliness(not) of people.
It is funny, you see I don’t have a lot in my Wardrobe, I clear it out from time to time, anything that no longer fits, that is faded or worn, I get rid of. Anything that no longer serves me or does not bring me joy goes. All the ones that were passed on to me that belong to a different era are out. Generally anything that is so yesterday has no place. So my Wardrobe is airy, minimalist, fresh and vibrant, there is movement and openness, things are not all crammed together, a no baggage policy, just what is needed and enriching. I found out more is not more, it is actually less and less, funnily is more. Anyway I hope that makes sense. So this my friend that has her own Wardrobe bursting at the seams with all kind of ‘God knows what’ will still come long necking at my simple and freed wardrope. I made a choice that she was not prepare to make, her surplus has not serve her, but weigh her down, not relieving unsatisfaction, not bringing contentment and fulfilment. There is no peace or calm in her wardrobe, everything is jostling for a right of place in the crammed wardrobe.
Our mind is like our closet, some have cleared their minds of thoughts, beliefs, values, pass me down ideas or tradition that no longer serve them. Some have dared to look at the roadmap with which they traverse through life and torn up the outdated and obsolete ones that only lead into the ditch. They live light and move swiftly with an openness that allows a responsiveness to life, new information and experience. Then you have the friend that refuses to change or clear out the Wardrope. Conflicting, confusing thoughts and beliefs are piled on top of each other, small wonder there is chaos in their life. No time is allowed to consider and throw out archaic beliefs or traditions stifling out life, growth and envolvement. You have these people wanting to spy on your freedom and growth, puzzled on how you have achieved your peace and calmness hoping to raid your wardrope in order to enjoy what you have, not understanding that the trick is not in more but in less. All those things that quench the spirit and suffocate life must be thrown out, we can’t go far with that load, our thoughts become stale and we look drab, that is not the way to live a bright and vibrant life.
From time to time, let us all dare to take a sneak peek into that wardrobe of our mind and have a good clear out. We might have to be brutal in this process, it will hurt but so be it, it’s all for the better. Guard your heart with all diligence for out of it flows the issue of life. Don’t clog up the flow of life.
Beautiful Ivory 