We all know that the fall is the time for out with the old and in with the new. Time for endings and new beginnings. Often times our external surroundings can be an exact mirror to our mental clarity. Take a moment and look around your home. Do you see piles of clothes, unopened mail, or a sink filled up with dishes? Do you know a closet, basement or attic is filled with perhaps mystery items that have been piling up over the years? 🙂
Now take a pen and paper and write down everything that is going through your mind right at this moment. Keep writing until either you stop on your own or you just start to laugh a little 🙂 Next take a look at all of the those thoughts. Circle the ones that are absolutely and completely out of your control — such as worrying how the stock market in Europe is performing. Chances are you have ablsotuely no control over that. At this moment you can look at those items and decide to let those items go. Clear them from your head as you cannot control those things anyway. Everything else on your list you can decide whether to take some action on them or completely let them go. The pure act of deciding to let those things go will help to clear out those thoughts that are taking up room in your mind.
How did that feel for you?
Clearing out the things that we hold emotional energy towards but cannot do anything about are huge energy and time drainers. The Fall is the exact time to let those things go. Just as the leaves fall off the trees, now is the time to let the unneeded, dead weight release from our emotional and mental bodies.
Happy New Beginnings! Happy Autumn!