Energy and Energy Shifts

Affirmative Project: Day 29

Energy and Energy Shifts

Energy is always in flux. Because I am energy, I am always in motion. So, why is it that we feel "stuck" sometimes when we are energy beings? I'll answer my own question. Repetition! More of the same!

In order to feel the movement, we need to mix up our routines a bit. Try doing things differently. Take the scenic route, through the city park, on your way home from work. Shop at a different market. If you're a bath person, take a shower. If you're a shower person, take a bath. Try a different hair style. You get the idea.

Clearing Clutter is a way of moving energy into a different direction. Another way to redirect energy is rearranging furniture. My mother frequently rearranged the furniture in our living room and I picked up this habit from her. Joe, my husband, doesn't like change and feels uncomfortable with abrupt energy shifts. We've battled over "moving chairs" and such.

Years ago I bought a cherry plant stand at an antique shop when I was shopping with my daughter. I moved a plant off the top of our television console in our solarium and placed it on the plant stand in the living room. He was disturbed that I had upset the balance. Whereas, I felt good about the change immediately.

If Joe had been with me at the antique shop and we had purchased the plant stand together he would have had time to adjust to the change. On the way home from the shop we would have discussed where in our home the plant stand would be placed, and which plant would be moved. Knowing his personality, he likely would have still felt "unbalanced" at first, but the change would not have been thrown at him without warning. The way it happened, he came home and felt thrust into an unsettling energy shift. Gee, and I thought I was sensitive! Since then, I've tried to be more sensitive to his "need" to have things remain the same... but sometimes I have a strong urge to release stagnant energies to revitalize my surroundings by moving things around.

Two areas of our home that I do rearrange furnishings on a regular basis, without Joe's input, are my computer office and my healing room. I ordered a new couch a couple of weeks ago for my healing room. In preparing for its delivery I moved my library work table from under a window over against an different wall. I took my wicker rocker to the basement. The couch has now been delivered and I'm still fussing with the furniture arrangement. I think I've got things where I want them - for now anyway. But, the best part of bringing in a new piece of furniture was the freeing feeling this energy shift gave me. Oh, and the new couch is nice too.

Joe came into my healing room to try out my couch. He looked over the furniture arrangement and suggested I order a new lamp to place on either side of the couch for reading. I think that is a great idea! It will help illuminate the room --- and definitely fits into my theme of "living in a more affirmative light." Where do you buy "affirmative lamps" anyway? Ha! I'm not replacing my purple lava lamp though!

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What is the Affirmative Project?
Daily journal postings beginning January 1 focusing on my New Year's resolution "I resolve to live in a more affirmative light in the coming year."

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