Below is a guest blog post from Kim Leatherdale. I enjoyed reading it and thought you might too–enjoy! To read more from her blog go to: http://creatingrewardingrelationships.blogspot.com/
I've been cleaning my condo and office the last few beautiful days. It feels so good to get organized and freshened up! So why don't I maintain it between-times? Maybe I'm just human? I get lax, stop doing, and forget. In her beautiful book, Comfort Living, Christine Eisner shares six succinct tips for tending your space:
• If you open it, close it
• if you put it down, pick it up
• If you take it off, hang it up
• If you mess it up, clean it up
• If you take it out, put it back
She notes, "You will be clearing a path that makes it easier to enjoy the small pleasures and relaxing moments that make a good life."
Usually it is the small simple rules you follow that make things go smoothly and beautifully. Thanks, Christine.
Relational Spring Cleaning
This week give a thought to the things you can be doing to tend your relationship. Implement a list of rules like these:
• If you want something, ask for it
• If you like something, appreciate it
• If you are stuffing it, let it out gently
• If you are blowing up, tone it down
• If you feel disconnected, reach out
• If you see a need, fill it
Look at the things you need to change or cleanup. At the minimum you should be doing regular checkups and clean-ups in your relationship. Throw out the unhealthy behaviors that have crept in; spruce up the healthy things you are doing.
And hopefully that refreshing, relaxing, and complete feeling will stay around.
Happy "cleaning" to you all!
Kim