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The Rewards of Harmony

Posted By Melissa

A choice that rewards you with a sense of harmony between yourself and what surrounds you reveals something you value.  A choice that leaves you feeling empty, or worse — annoyed, resentful, sorrowlful — indicates you’re under the influence of something other than what truly matters.  – from A Woman’s Guide to a Simpler Life by Andrea Van Steenhouse.

Wow!  Why does this seem so simple yet so challenging?  This month as I have been practicing simplifying and organizing my life, I have found that the first step for me has been rest and quiet.  Last month after the hub-bub of the holidays I stepped out of the lime light of my business and withdrew to my comfy homelife.

In this quiet,  I have been thinking about what is important to me.  What I want to keep and what I must let go of.  I have been able to begin little projects weeding and pruning by asking myself if they fit in harmony with my life. 

This past month the landscape of my life changed drastically.  My husband left his position at a bank to finally start his own business.  It has been a wonderful and exciting time, yet shifted many family routines.

As I go through each day and make decisions on how to spend my time.  I try to take the time to pause to ask myself if it fits in harmony with my new life.  Our values are the same, yet the routines have changed, so I can’t take the outcomes of my decisions for granted.  It is a whole new playing field. 

This was terrifying at first, but now I am enjoying the change that was made to fit our values.  He’s closer to home, doing what he loves, and even though he works most weekends, the times we are together as a couple or a family are more precious, because we appreciate them.  I believe because he is following his own calling he has more love and energy to give us.

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