Raving about My room, AGAIN!

I better post this before it's too outdated :P

I woke up a few times from my sleep on my first night in my room (yeah, it's that topic again! ;p). No, I didn't have nightmares.

me, the next day

I have this habit of not sleeping well on the first night in a new environment. Because of the total room change, my room which I've been sleeping in for yeeeaaarssss becomes a new and unfamiliar environment for me!

My parents have been nagging for years that I need to do something abt my room, but the buffalo in me couldn't be bothered to budge. I reasoned that it's the way I like it... So u could imagine how shock they were when they came home from holiday to find my neat room. Hehe, a surprise once in a while definitely makes life more interesting ^^

During my stressful time, I came to realise that a room is actually a bit like our heart and mind. Each day, we put in new memories and feelings, be it good or bad. We keep adding without throwing out the old, broken, unwanted, unneccessaries because we don't want or are not ready to deal with them. We have no organisation at all until one day, the tiny space is cluttered. Then we make excuses that we like it that way because cleaning is a frightening job!

While I removed things from every corner of my room, I saw things that I've long forgotten. Some I could not even recognise! Emptying our mind and heart is the same. We find memories and feelings which have been left untouched for years because they were buried so far below that we've forgotten about them. Then, we have to deal with each and every one of them and decide whether to keep or throw them away. So in a way, cleaning a room is like free-ing the space in your mind and heart. Once u get things sorted out, you feel light inside, as if u've been given a new life....

Now, wouldn't u rather clean your room instead of soul cleaning? It sure seems much easier to clean that mess in our room....