I have discovered something in my life that is giving me some peace of mind.  Since I have become a “senior citizen, I am finding that the less I own, the happier I am.  Cleaning house has become more of a detachment from stuff than doing cleaning chores.  I have only begun to purge my residence of the unwanted, unneeded, and just plain, old clutter that surrounds me in my home.

But lately, I have been digging deeper, into my mind.  Guess what I am finding?  More stuff to “get rid of.”  Not only do I have tons of useless information that weighs me down and messes up my thinking, but I am finding negative thought patterns and other “downers” that clog up the workings of my brain.  I may not be able to rid myself of the useless information, but I can certainly work on the negative thought patterns.  But, where do I begin?

Perhaps I should write them down as I think of them and give each of them a category.  Detachment, it seems to me, is recognizing the problem, thing, or idea that is blocking my progress as a truly evolving human being.  Only then, can I begin to rid myself of this destructive behavior.

I know, that in the past, detachment has given me a deep sense of relief, once I recognized the source of my distress.  Maybe it is because we live in such a materialistic world, that there is a such a need to unburden ourselves.  Or maybe, I just think too much, and it’s mostly my thinking that is cluttered.  Either way, detachment has proved to be a very useful tool in my quest for contentment.

So, I think I will begin with a categorized list and parse out the most important ones from the more trivial ones.  Then I will create a “plan of detachment.”  I’ll have to try it out with one or two things and see how it goes.  Either way, if it works out or not, I will have begun my journey to clean my house, inside and out.  This is only step one of the process, and I can’t wait to clear the cobwebs, literally and figuratively in my life!