Diary 49

Wednesday, May 6th

My neighbors usually run a busy restaurant, but since the lockdown they’ve found doing take-out orders to be far less demanding. Over the last few days they have taken their yard in hand. Bushes have been pruned, trees trimmed, areas that had become somewhat over-grown have been cleared, and the whole place transformed.  I liked the way it was before – a little wild – but the new look is amazing.

They then extended operations to clearing the basement. You know how basements can be. Well, theirs has now been cleared, cleaned and rendered immaculate. I mention all this at such length because this sort of cleaning is contagious. It’s wonderful, positive energy. Soon I was doing something similar in my own basement. And it felt really, really good.

Psychically, clearing space in one’s home environment often leads to clearing space in one’s mind so new ideas can arrive. We are, each of us, preparing for the new life we’ll lead after this is all over. My hope is that it’ll be a life less frantic, less cluttered with superfluous stuff, more Zen. I hope this for everyone.