{"id":840,"date":"2006-12-29T11:57:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-29T11:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/chatteringmind\/2006\/12\/clutter-is-one-thing-we-all-share.html"},"modified":"2006-12-29T11:57:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-29T11:57:00","slug":"clutter-is-one-thing-we-all-share","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/chatteringmind\/2006\/12\/clutter-is-one-thing-we-all-share.html","title":{"rendered":"Clutter Is One Thing We All Share"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know, this Chattering Mind blog is currently attracting some 25,000 unique visitors a month. And usually, you readers are a relatively quiet bunch. But inspiring chatter was indeed released by my three-part series on the clutter we keep in our closets and basements! My play-ZZTop-to-your-stagnating-garbage suggestion really hit ya&#8217;ll in the right spot! I find it remarkable that worldly possessions are such real-life burdens, and that keeping our living spaces free of stuff we don&#8217;t use is indeed a spiritual challenge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am in great need of being able to tackle the clutter that I have held onto for decades. I ask for prayerful guidance and the energy to go to it,&#8221; wrote one anonymous reader.<\/p>\n<p>Wrote Eva: &#8220;As we Jews are approaching the New Year, glorified by the Day of Atonment&#8230;cleaning our our spiritual closet&#8230;is exactly what the Holy days of Awe are all about.&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/myrnasmind.com\/\" target=\"_new\">Myrna<\/a> said that she could use a &#8220;daily or weekly prayer specifically on our shared need to clean out old energy.&#8221; Good idea.<\/p>\n<p>Said Patty: &#8220;I lost my father-in-law, husband and both parents in 3 years time. You want to talk clutter, and it&#8217;s not all mine. How do I part with their lives? A lot of us need help.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Laurie wrote of the house cleaning we all inspired: &#8220;The first thing to go? The old, dried petals from the roses that my ex-husband gave me ten years ago&#8211;the only time he gave me flowers. Wow! Now that was a purge&#8211;and as I spread them on my garden, I did so with a prayer that his new marriage will be fulfilling and joyous for both of them&#8230;I released many old dreams with those petals, and many of the things surrounding that container began to take on new significance&#8230;Namaste.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>BEST OF CHATTERING MIND<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know, this Chattering Mind blog is currently attracting some 25,000 unique visitors a month. And usually, you readers are a relatively quiet bunch. But inspiring chatter was indeed released by my three-part series on the clutter we keep in our closets and basements! 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