As shared in my previous article, the recipe for Wholehearted Living involves three ingredients. The first is your relationship with yourself. Learning to establish and maintain a healthy relationship with yourself, is the foundation for the following ingredients. If we were making a deep-dish pizza, your relationship with yourself would be the crust.
The second ingredient is your relationship with stuff. In working with this ingredient, you will first need to take an inventory; take a good look at your beliefs and actions, as they relate to your relationship with: food, your body, possessions, money and success.
Take a hold of each item and check the expiration date. Determine what is no longer helping or adding value to your life, and then get rid of it. Consider what items need some work in order to become useful again. Also, identify what items you need or want to bring into your life.
For example, how do you take care of your body? Do you provide enough water for your body to remain hydrated and function as it was designed to (6 to 8 eight-ounce glasses of water a day)? What kind of fuel do you provide on a regular basis? Do you live on high fat foods laden with processed sugar and other toxins? Do you run yourself ragged without ever getting adequate rest? We take care of the things we consider valuable. How valuable are you and your body, based upon your words and actions?
When it comes to your possessions, do you own your possessions, or do your possessions own you? How much time, energy and money do you spend on maintaining your possessions? Could it be time to get rid of some of your “toys” so they can reduce your stress and in turn, be a blessing to some one else?
What about your relationship with money? Are you beliefs about money based on Biblical truth, or are you still operating with some twisted beliefs from your past? Are those causing clutter and preventing you from the financial success you really want?
Regardless of the ingredient you are working with, it is crucial to keep decluttering.
Look for part 3 of the “Wholehearted Living Recipe” in my next blog. Until then, happy decluttering!
– Alicia
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