I just cleaned off my desk. I know that may not sound like a big deal, but it was quite a wonderful accomplishment for me. I had been working surrounded by piles that kept getting bigger and bigger. Not only did my desk look sloppy, but it nagged at me constantly. What if there was something in those piles that was important . . . that I was forgetting?
As it turns out, almost everything in my piles was recyclable. Just stuff I had been hanging on to for no reason. It got me thinking, though, about other stuff I am hanging on to. Old habits that don’t serve me well anymore. Old ways of doing and being that need some revamping. Old gripes or pains that need forgiving. As I clear off my desk, and then look outside to see the many signs of spring, I remember that I began Lent saying that it would be a “springtime for my soul.” In general, Lent has been just that, but with spring comes spring cleaning, and I think it’s time for that now!
What in your life could use a little spring cleaning?
