what are words for?

Ahhh… I am back from Rejuvenation Day Spa, where I somehow forgot I had scheduled a 90-minute massage – did I mention the extravagance? – and where I spent the entire blissful lavender-orange-tarragon scented time thinking about my blog.  Wacky, I know.  But I have not been able to get the “word thing” off my mind.

Photo by chrisdlugosz

Lightness.  What does that mean to me?  What do I want, in positively-stated terms?  I already decided on some categories, and sort of correlated them with my old “Release” categories:

1. Lighten My Heart – Health Worries and Stress Released
2. Lighten My Life – Perfectionism and Procrastination Released
3. Lighten The Load – Clutter Released
4. Lighten Myself – Excess Body Fat Released
5. Lighten Up! – Blog-related content

So, if these categories are what I want, what are the positive ways to think of each one?  Or, to put it another way, what do I want?

I want to use my time well.  I want to live in a beautiful, orderly home.  I want to take good care of myself.  I want to fill my mind with positive thoughts.  I want to live a life that is joyful and relaxing and filled with laughter and good times with people I love.

So, let’s look at those categories again:

1. Lighten My Heart – Health Worries and Stress Released  To live a life that is joyful and relaxing, and to fill my mind with positive thoughts.
2. Lighten My Life – Perfectionism and Procrastination Released  To use my time well and make healthy, realistic choices.
3. Lighten The Load – Clutter Released  To live in a beautiful, orderly, clutter-free home.
4. Lighten Myself – Excess Body Fat Released  To take good care of myself (Good sleep, good food, good exercise, lots of water).
5. Lighten Up! – Blog-related content  To live a life that is filled with laughter and quality time with people I love.

I think I am going to try these for a while and see if it makes a difference in how I feel about each category.  I think it will. 

Five things I am grateful for today:

1. My lovely Q making the trek to Baristador’s to get us bagel sandwiches. (She ate the bagel and sausage, I ate the bacon and egg.)
2. A nice note from a client whom I had called to give an apology.
3. A lovely dinner cooked by my boy, all ready when I got home late.
4. Great cancer test results for my mother-in-law!
5. A main floor that is pretty tidy.

• {Live in a beautiful, orderly, clutter-free home}: Filed some papers that had been sitting on the office floor, and filed away all the tax papers.

• {Take good care of myself}: A wonderful massage, and another no flour, no sugar day.  I am also going to go to sleep at 10:30 (in other words, right now!)

• {Spend quality time with people I love}: Spoke to David’s mom tonight, and her PET scan showed her cancer is gone!