Clutter

Everybody deals with it one way or another. Some are so neat, everything is categorized, color coded, with vast spaces of desk, closet etc. bare. Some have piles of stuff to do, doing and done. Others have hopeless congloms of paper and others bric a brac. They stack til some reaches the floor, to be lost in dusty squalls, like the aftermath of a great storm. These latter may reach around a home and include other things such as clothing, mail, actually just about anything that can pile up.

A certain amount of clutter is normal, at least to me (justification lol). There is a method to my madness on my desk, table etc. I can tell you where everything is, even receipts (at least the approximate location -s-). Occasionally something goes missing. I usually find it. There is, however, a type of clutter that is dangerous and can signal a need for help.

When it becomes obvious that piles of 'stuff' becomes unmanagable, when there is a lack of a filing system for bills (they are just stuck willy-nilly everywhere), when clothes pile everywhere and get kicked into dusty piles surrounding beds and other furniture, it says something.

It is a quest for security, to be padded/protected/shielded from the world and that which can harm or be perceived to harm. It is false security. It's like dogpaddling in a sea of confusion.

This can be a setup for failure. There may be a fear of failure, more likely of success. There is a tendency to start something and not finish it. It often leads to a string of such self defeating maneuvers. It's safer to seem to try and fail than give it your all and fail.

Sidetracked by just about anything. Lack of focus. Anything that can be used as an excuse (eventually flimsy and hollow) for not completing whatever it is that needs to be done. We can become our own worst enemies. It seems to turn into an addiction or a substitute for the results of addiction.

I have mentioned the metaphor of standing in a pit of s***. You can complain and wail how bad it is. You can say you need to get out. But, you are still stuck.

You have to decide to actually get OUT. You must make that a mantra, like 'I AM getting out of here'. You must then devise, plan and implement those actions which will ensure that you are released.

Focus, clear, every day til Freedom both personally and for this Republic is yours. Our enemies depend on us getting sidelined. Ignore the glitter and seize reality. Set goals to end in the ultimate Goal. And if stopped, start again. If sidelined, take another road. Aim truly and surely.

If you miss the mark, realign and don't stop til your aim is honest, just, accurate.

There are many ways to skin a cat. And climb out of that pit full of s***.