I couldn't find my grandmother's ring yesterday.
There has been some happy chaos in my house, and we are settling in with a reshuffling of space in the wake. I wanted to show a friend a treasured family heirloom. It wasn't where I thought it was. For the second time in a week, I couldn't put my hand immediately on something that mattered to me.
The first time had been some paperwork that I thought went AWOL.
And now, this ring.
Long story short: both items wound up being RIGHT WHERE THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN. I looked for them, and overlooked both in my impatience and frustration. When I calmed down, and looked without the panic and bad self talk ("How could I be so stupid, and it would be just like me to have thrown it away, and why don't I do things better....BLAH BLAH BLAH...") I found them, right where they were supposed to be. I just hadn't looked carefully enough.
Despite my best efforts to convince myself otherwise during times of stress, I actually do have a good sense of organization. And I bet you do, as well.
Inherently, our bodies are organized into amazing structures that we don't consciously direct. There is a rhythm and rhyme to life. We respond to it on deep levels.
You have patterns and routines, developed over time, that organize your world. You can develop patterns that will organize your life in better ways, if you choose.
Here's the great news: you've already had practice in organizing, and you are good at it. You get to pick which way your patterns will take you. If you already have habits, you have all the proof you need that you can follow habits.
You are organized! Your life is the result of whatever organization patterns you've chosen.
So what's the smallest thing you will do today to recognize your own beautiful patterns...or create new ones that will show your genius?
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