Walk-In Closets

As a woman, I have always dreamed of a walk-in closet.  You know the ones that have built-in lighting and drawers that open with the push of a button and oh yes, the angels sing whenever you open the doors.   I recently obtained two fairly large closets in my new master bedroom and that alone was enough to send me into happy land for weeks.  

As I pondered reasons why it seems that a bigger closet is always on a woman’s wish list, I remembered the vast space it offers, all the choices and the ability to look at every single thing you own and pick the perfect thing that fits you just right.  My last closet was a bit small, to say the least.  My clothes were scrunched in so tight that they basically pressed themselves.    

Our closets are just like our minds to me.  Inside our heads, there is a full array of different colors, various lengths and numerous styles of thoughts to choose from.  Some thoughts we haven’t put on in 10 years and could probably send to an antique clothing shop.   Some we bought and stored away, never to be worn but the once.   Some are like our favorite, comfy pair of jeans-always there, beckoning for us to slip them on and chill out.  

Our minds can often be confusing and cluttered as well.   No order to speak of and in dire need of some sort of “cleaning out” session.   Because of the confusion, we often resort back to those same 5-6 thoughts that we are so used to.  Some times we will keep thinking them even though they don’t really fit anymore or they have a tear or hole in them.   We will hold them, almost obsessively, because we remember the moment we bought into them or the event we first thought them at.  

I suggest that we remember that in our minds there actually is that amazing and huge walk in closet that we always dreamed of.  It is already built right there in that beautiful little head of ours.    We can walk in, anytime and pick any single thought we want.  

Did I mention that we have an unlimited budget to spend any time we want on new thoughts?   We can select the absolute best, the most luxurious, and the finest made thoughts we could imagine to fill this closet of ours.   We can fill its racks and drawers up over and over again with whatever we choose.   

However, as curators of this magnificent closet, it is also our privilege to release and get rid of the old and tattered thoughts.  To pull them out, take a look and say goodbye forever.  

Take a moment today and see if there are any thoughts that you have been recycling for way too many years now.  See if you can set them in the throw-away pile.  While you are at it, go shopping for some brand-new, amazing ones.  I promise, people will notice the new look and so will you. 

Wishing you the courage to always challenge unhappiness,

Erin