Re: Bhavani's painting 7/14/2014 (fwd)

[Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>]

conversation about cleaning/organization,really

 > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 16:44:18 -0400
 > From: <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl>
 > 
 >   I  think  he  can  get  The  Work.   I  WANT  to  be  more  tidy  
 >   especially  now
 >  since  I'm  in  chaos  with  our  move.  YIKES!
 > 
 >  When  I  was  growing  up  my  room  would  be  a  shambles  and  then  I  
 >  would  make
 >  it  really  organized  when  I  couldn't  stand  it.   My  mother  never  
 >  told  me  to
 >  clean   my  room  and  I  wish  she  did  so  i  didn't  have  to  learn  
 >  how  to  do  it.
 >   But  that  is  not  excuse.   My  Aunt  Lill  had  Alice  do  cleaning  
 >   and  I  loved
 >  going  there  to  clean.   Limiting  and  self  limiting  thoughts...  I  
 >  often  see
 >  mine  as  self-sabotaging.
 > 
 >  On  Thu,  17  Jul  2014  13:22:50  -0700  (PDT)  Noelle
 >  <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>  writes:
 >  >  On  Thu,  17  Jul  2014,  http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl  wrote:
 >  > 
 >  >   >  Yes-  he's  till  in  the  blue.  :-))
 >  >   > 
 >  >  alex  is  a  minimalist.  somehow  some  house  paint  tipped  over  in 
 >  >  laundryroom 
 >  >  and  he  asked  what  is  this  gooey  stuff  on  the  floor?  he  said  
 >  >  there  is 
 >  >  too 
 >  >  much"debris"  in  that  room.  of  course  he  is  right  but  i  am  
 >  >  not 
 >  >  organized 
 >  >  and  have  to  embrace  the  chaos.  but  i  would  like  to  be  more  
 >  >  tidy  like 
 >  >  him. 
 >  >  i  told  him  about  byron  katie  Work  not  sure  if  he  understood  
 >  >  the  4 
 >  >  questions  or  the  reasons  for  them.i  told  him  we  get  
 >  >  self-limitating 
 >  > 
 >  >  beliefs,sometimes  from  our  parents
 >  > 
 >  >   >  They  should  look  similar  'cause  the  instructor  had  everyone  
 >  >   >  do 
 >  >  the  same
 >  >   >  painting.   That's  the  way  it  is  done,  but  eventually  people 
 >  >   >   can 
 >  >  allow
 >  >   >  their  individual  creativity.  ....gives  you  a  format  and  it's 
 >  >   >   fun 
 >  >  to  get
 >  >   >  away  from  the  inner  critic.
 >  >   > 
 >  >   >  -0700  (PDT)  Noelle  <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
 >   writes:
 >  >   >  >  looks  similar
 >  >   >  >  ps  went  to  salvation  army  store  for  50%  off  clothing  
 >  >   >  >  sale  &  got
 >  
 >  >  Alex 
 >  >   >  >  LIGHT 
 >  >   >  >  blue  shirt  for  work.  i  thought  you  would  like  that  :)