{"id":35,"date":"2008-03-10T11:50:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-10T11:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/03\/swab-down-the-mental-decks-of.html"},"modified":"2008-03-10T11:50:21","modified_gmt":"2008-03-10T11:50:21","slug":"swab-down-the-mental-decks-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/ourladyofweightloss\/2008\/03\/swab-down-the-mental-decks-of.html","title":{"rendered":"Swab Down the Mental Decks of Your Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winter is almost over <em>(hip hip hooray<\/em>), and I\u2019ve started my spring cleaning. <em>(Very impressive on this cold day in New York City \u2013 only 28 degrees.) <\/em>I\u2019m not just cleaning out the closets and sweeping the tumbleweed dust balls from under the bed but also working on my clutter filled mind.  Yup, my mind is filled with an assortment of \u2013 for want of a better word \u2013 crap that is blocking my energy, my focus \u2013 even my resolve.<br \/>\n<strong>Want to swab down the mental decks with me?<\/strong>  Clean out the guilt, regret, anger, worry and who knows what else that is crammed into the corners of our minds?  These thoughts are affecting our physical well-being, as well as zapping our energy.  Cleaning out the cobwebs frees us up for productive thoughts, allows our ideas to flow easily and creates luscious feelings of spaciousness.<br \/>\nStep One:  <strong>FORGIVENESS<\/strong>.  Forgive someone else and\/or yourself.  Be merciful. Clean out the anger, jealousy, self-doubt.  If it is not possible to make amends with another (or self), in your mind\u2019s eye imagine filling up a dump truck with these pieces of anger, slices of jealousy, remnants of self-doubt, and take them and leave them at the junk heap in the sky.  Take Our Lady of Weight Loss\u2019s motto is <em>\u201cAll Is Forgiven, Move On\u201d<\/em> to heart.  Forgive and move on.<br \/>\nStep Two: <strong>LET GO OF THE PAST<\/strong>.  Move into the present.  If you are reliving your yesterdays, you are missing your todays.  Stop for a moment.  Take in a deep breath and on the out breath, let go of the past.  Ahhhh.<br \/>\nStep Three: <strong> ATTITUDINAL ADJUSTMENT<\/strong>.  Start with feelings of gratitude.  Practice giving instead of taking; share and share some more.   Simply experience the blue sky, the green grass, the joy of just being alive.<br \/>\nStep Four:  <strong>LIGHTEN UP.<\/strong>  Laugh it up, lighten your thoughts. Make time for fun each and every day.<br \/>\nHow might you lighten your mental load? Leave a comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winter is almost over (hip hip hooray), and I\u2019ve started my spring cleaning. 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