Constancy of Life
July 12th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
There is something about cleaning house that is deeply cleansing to the soul. It is something that must be done, yet many of us are often reluctant to do it. Once we get started, we find ourselves in the trenches, digging up the old, the stuff we’ve left behind, a remnant of our past. Even clearing the sink from the night before becomes history. Two glasses once filled with wine, two other glasses filled with sparkling water. Two forks, two knives. Evidence from the dishes of a meal enjoyed by two people. Or perhaps there were five plates in the sink with bits of macaroni stuck to the dishes next to colorful plastic drinking cups spilling out children’s favorite drink left over from a moment ago. Whatever the experience of the evening, a complete exhale is in order as the clearing begins so that we may begin anew with possibilities of more experiences to come. Once the clearing is complete, like a rite of passage, we are happier, more relaxed, and we experience a connection with ourselves that perhaps we had forgotten about.
The gift of purging that comes with homecaring offers us opportunity to dance in our lives. To get unstuck. To move freely in our space. To breathe and to connect with those things that have meaning, or at least once had meaning, in our lives. To decide on what to do with this or that, and to reflect, redefine and recommit. To find gratitude in all that we have as we lovingly touch our surfaces and clear away the dust that represents our past so that we may flow into this moment and become, once again, the creators that we are.
As we flow from our breath and move our bodies to the shape of our home, and as we reshape our home, we honor the constancy behind such a dance as it represents the constancy of life.
-Savitree Kaur
