James Smith’s Info Serv

Copyright (c) 2009 Pat Brill

I don’t usually embark on the official spring-cleaning effort, but there are times when I have an urge to clean.

Lately I’ve been thinking about the clutter in my home, how it is blocking my energy and wellbeing. I believe that things have energy to them and if I’m not interacting in a positive manner with my things, I am creating negative energy. I decided to create a laundry list of things to go:

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**Get rid of the clothes that were never right, or were right at one time, but no longer fit.

**Old videos - the machine was replaced with a DVD a long time ago.

**Books that I will never read again (this is the challenge for me)

**Papers, papers, papers (like rabbits multiplying without me even being aware of it)

**Old TVs, PCs and other assorted technology items that I will never use again.

**Old makeup, lotions, shampoos, samples that I may someday use, etc.
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Guilt is the feeling that results when you tell yourself that you have done something wrong.

HEALTHY GUILT

Healthy guilt is the feeling that occurs when you have actually done something wrong - such as deliberately harming someone. This is an important feeling, which results from having developed a conscience - a loving adult self who is concerned with your highest good and the highest good of all. People who never developed a conscience and feel no guilt or remorse over harming others are called sociopaths. These people have no loving adult self and can wreck havoc - stealing, raping, killing - without ever feeling badly about it.

Healthy guilt results in taking responsibility for our choices and being accountable for our actions. When we have not behaved in a way that is in our highest good and the highest good of all, our loving adult self will feel remorse and take over, doing whatever we have to do to remedy the situation.

UNHEALTHY GUILT

Unhealthy guilt results from telling yourself that you have done something wrong when you haven’t actually done something wrong. For example, if you decide to do something for yourself with no intent to harm anyone, and someone gets upset with you for doing what you want instead of doing what he or she wants, what do you tell yourself? Here are some of the inner statements that can lead to unhealthy guilt:
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