The Journey..begins....

Oh this is my favorite part of the house to work in, not just in my home, but also with clients. We may call this area the career area, but lets go a little deeper than that. Let's dig in on a soul level. To me this area is about doing what feeds my soul everyday and finding purpose in my work as well as being able to take care of our family.

So I got this area cleaned out and organized; it wasn't too hard since it is our office and in the front of the home, so it needs to stay somewhat straight. Paul added a fish to the aquarium and put in a few rocks that we picked up while we were in Sedona Arizona this summer. What is so interesting about this is that hours after I finished this room, I decided to change my Education goals, in fact I'm going in a completely different direction with my education that I had originally planned. It feels really right and I'm so excited to be doing the next thing.

The next place for me to work was in the wisdom/self knowledge area. Not only is it the next sector I work in in the pattern of the Ba Gua, but it makes sense with my new goals. This is our garage and luckily the concrete is stained many earthy colors and appears to be to be an earth. I loaded up the back of Paul's truck and we got rid of quite a few things we aren't using. It is exciting to see things being opened up; I can't wait to see what we are making room for!

I will be moving into the family area in the next few days; but this weekend we have been working out in the yard. Paul has aerated the entire yard and we have been busy putting down the dillo dirt mix and planting flowers. I have seen this as opening ourselves up to new opportunities in our personal life as well as in business. It's exciting to see the possibilities that are represented here.

How does it get any better than this?

Leigh

Food For Thought

While cleaning out my "health" area if found this in a pile in a cabinet and I forgot that I had it. This is from the book The Ten commitments by David Simon, M.D. I ran across it last April, and meant to do share it; I guess I will now!

The Ten commitments

1. I commit to expand freedom in my life
2. I commit to live a life of authenticity
3. I commit to accept the present moment
4. I commit to honor the natural cycle of activity and rest
5. I commit to explore my complete self
6. I commit to nurture my creativity
7. I commit to practice abundance
8. I commit to integrity in thought, word and action
9. I commit to cultivating nourishing relationships
10. I commit to compassion and forgiveness

How different would our world be if we would practice these commitments?

Leigh

The Center

Ugh... I have challenged my students and clients to begin working in their homes, clearing clutter and organizing. Clutter represents stagnation and will cause blockages in the corresponding area of your life. Well, since I teach this, I have to live by it and I thought I was in good shape. Oops.. what I discovered upon closer observation that yes our home is clutter free on the surface, but there are areas of improvement.

I began working in the "Health" or center area of the home this morning. We don't have much to do in this area.. or so I thought. This is an office area, book shelf and closet. I have loaded up two garbage bags of items we don't use have started a good will pile and have worked for over two hours today!

Since it is spring break and the kids are gone I will continue to work in this area until it is complete, even if I have to work till midnight... I believe this is the first place to work in the home so that the home can be balanced in all areas.

The next step is the journey area....

Leigh