Cleaning

(Inspired by a post from Dakini …thank you, Dakini)

You know that drawer in the kitchen?

The one full of batteries, old receipts, dried-up pens, rubber bands, and things that might be useful someday, but mostly just sit there?

That drawer exists in the mind too.

We all have one…a mental drawer filled with old habits, reactions, fears, and automatic thoughts.

Most of the time, we don’t even notice it. We live with it. We work around it.

Sometimes we open it… sigh …and close it again.

But then comes a moment when something inside says:

“Let’s clean this out.”

And that’s where the shift begins.

A Course in Miracles teaches that we don’t need to fix the world, we only need to change how we see it.

But to do that, we first have to make some room.

Because without space, our inner drawer stays packed with the ego’s leftover bits and pieces, and we won’t even see the possibility

of another way. Even if we didn’t choose most of what’s in there,

we can choose what we do with it now.

So how do we begin this process?

Not by digging or analyzing, but by noticing what doesn’t feel light.

Noticing what triggers us, annoys us, hurts us, or makes us shut down.

These are the items in our drawer asking for our attention.

And then, instead of labeling them as “bad,”

we offer them.

We bring them to our Inner Teacher and say:

“I don’t need this anymore. Show me another way.”

That’s a good start.

That’s how space is made.

Each time you do this, you’re creating a little more openness inside.

And slowly, you’re preparing for something deeper:

The practice of true forgiveness.

Which means letting go of what never really happened.

It means overlooking error and seeing only the Light.

And if your drawer is particularly full, don’t worry.

The Holy Spirit is a gentle organizer.

He doesn’t dump your drawer onto the floor and shout,

“Sort it out!”

He works with whatever you’re ready to see,

using whatever’s already right in front of you.

It could be a traffic jam. A critical parent. A memory that still stings.

A burnt piece of toast.

It doesn’t matter.

Whatever shows up can be used, not to judge, but to undo judgment.

To open the door. To let Love in.

And really, you already know:

You don’t need ten instruction manuals to clean out a kitchen drawer… do you?

Same with the drawer in your mind.

Just make a few simple moves:

Be curious. Be willing. Ask for help. Forgive.

And remember:

You are not your drawer. You are not your reactions.

You are not your thoughts. You are the space in which miracles can land.

And when they do, you’ll smile,

because finally, that one impossible-to-close drawer opens with ease.

There’s room. There’s clarity. There’s peace.

And who knows…

you might even find a working pen in there.

With love and light,

G.