Today's Thought - January

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January 16

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

~William Morris

When our homes and other environments in which we spend time reflect our sense of beauty and harmony, we feel pleasure and peacefulness. Similarly, when our actions and our connections with others embody our best sense of ourselves, our day is a source of satisfaction and serenity.

Just as we can eliminate clothes we no longer wear from our closets and objects from our homes that no longer reflect who we are, we can let go of behaviors and attitudes that no longer serve the needs of our spirit. Housecleaning, whether literal or figurative, comes from a state of mind that is willing to let go. The past is past. We can make room for the ways that we are healing, growing, and changing.

Instead of dreading to let go of what is no longer beautiful, we can feel exhilaration. We are clearing a space for the unexpected.

Today, I let go of the past and make room for new and unexpected beauty in my life.

Today's reading is from the book Glad Day: Daily Meditations for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender People*