Clearing the clutter...

Hi Friends...:)

It’s been a long time….how are you all doing? :)

Happy Holi….:)

So, how was the Holi celebration? Frankly speaking I am not a fan of this particular festival….I get terrified by the idea of coloring my own or someone else’s face with those terrifying colors…I love to spend the day at home with my family…apna apna choice…:)

The only thing I LOVE about Holi, is that the n- number of Puranpolis I get to eat on this day…:)

For those who don’t know what is a puranpoli..you can check out: Puranpoli

Anyway, I wanted to share some activity which I came across recently….

Some meditation related program was going on at my workplace. I had not participated in that program, since I know the art of meditation….ahem ahem…:P prachi, meditation sirf jaanegi to kaam nahi hoga…wo regularly karna padta hai….(ha baba ha…pataa hai….uffff)

One of my friends had enrolled for this program and as a part of it; they were given some daily tasks (in the form of an email) to do. She used to forward all those daily task mails to us.

There, one of the tasks was – De Cluttering.

Have u ever felt the sense of serenity when you throw away some old, un-necessary stuff from your desk/house/cupboard?

 I decided to try out this de-cluttering task..I started with my workplace desk….collected all the un-necessary stuff like papers, old printouts and simply threw that in dustbin….

On that weekend itself, I decided to clean up my ward-robe…so much old stuff which I could no longer use….cleaned it up….then moved to living room, kitchen…continuing the clean up….

After this entire clean up mission also, I was feeling restless….in my previous blogs I had mentioned about the past tense of my life…which I have always tried to erase…from time to time….but somehow some memories reside in your mind like a glue…harder you try to throw them out, stronger they become….bothering you at every possible minute….

But there has to be a way….sometimes we try to ignore such memories, sometimes we try to live with them….but somehow, for me, it was not an easy task….

So I tried something which appeared very foolish and childish to me…:)

I guess most of you must have seen ‘Jab we met’…..aa haa….i repeated that act of Shahid kapoor….

The only photograph….a matchbox…one matchstick….

Agar yaadein sirf takleef de to kyun jiye aisi yaadon ke saath….jalaa do yaadon ko….kam se kam sukun to milega….

This wasn’t any violence….this was my last attempt to accept my mistakes, forgive those 3 important years of my life and last but not the least ‘forgive myself’….

I cannot express the sense of relief, calmness I felt after cleaning up those blocked emotions….:)

Some would say…what foolishness is this….yeah….even I used to say same things….but try karne mein kya jaata hai? Fek do…whichever belongings/ things make u feel hurt, sad…just throw them….delete those things from your home, mail box, bag, mind…..this is no gyaan….this is tried and tested…:P

Thanks Ashwini, for sharing those tasks with me….to be frank I did not try all of them….but this De-Cluttering thing….did help me…in n-number of ways….

Karke dekho…Accha lagta hai….:)

See you soon….Till then…..Take care…

Cheers,

Prachi...