“What Are You Going to Feng Shui (Fung Shway) Today?” by Joan Y. Edwards

Do you have a catch-all drawer? Is your closet packed so full of clothes and shoes that there is no where to add one more thing? Does your child’s toy room have toys here, ther, and every where in no certain order? It may be time for Feng Shui (Fung Shway)

By definition, Feng Shui  is an ancient Chinese practice of arranging buildings, objects, and space in an environment to achieve harmony, balance, and positive energy flow

My late husband, Carl, left an empty place for sure when he died, but I am blessed with the wonderful memories and funny stories he gave me during the time I was blessed to be with him.

Carl grew up very poor. He didn’t have much. When he got clothing it was hard for him to give any away. He was so afraid he wouldn’t get more. When I was giving away some clothing to the National Kidney Services, I would ask Carl if he had anything he would like to donate. He said, “No.” I did not push him on it. I let it go because I could see the hurt in his face when I asked the first time.

About 6 months before he passed, he was in the hospital for over two weeks and went to rehab. He asked me to send him another pair of jeans. Then came the problem. Which pair of jeans should I send? There were about 30 pair of jeans in many assorted sizes. I didn’t know which pair to send him. So-oo-o I put them in size order like in a department store. He had been various weights in the 22 years we had been married. I put the size on a hanger and put all the pants of that size behind it. That helped me narrow down the choice of which pair of jeans to send him.

When Carl got home from rehab, I told him. “You know, Carl. If you donate the jeans that no longer fit you, someone who doesn’t have much money will be so excited to be able to buy themselves a great pair of jeans at an inexpensive price.

Carl thought a few minutes. He looked at me and said, “Okay.” So he tried on all the jeans. I hung the ones that fit back on hangers and put them in the closet. The ones that didn’t fit, went into a bag to give away. I told him we were Feng Shui-ing (Fung Shwaying). He smiled.

The next morning, when Carl woke up. He said to me, “What are we going to Feng Shui today?”

So absolutely wonderful!

So I am asking you, “What are you going to Feng Shui today?

Sometimes you have to take everything and make piles of things. Maybe 4 bins, 4 boxes, 4 baskets. 4 garbage bags

Keep and Organize – Throw Away – Recycle – Donate

Books, magazines, clothing, shoes, electronics, printers, computers,

Donate to Goodwill, Kidney Foundation, Salvation Army, or your favorite local donation center.

Goodwill List of Accepted Donations Goodwill will fix electronic devices and resell them.
National Kidney Services accepted donations. They  will pick up your donations on your front porch or outside your garage.
Saation Army accepted donations. Salvation Army will pick up furniture from your garage. You can call and see if they can come inside and pick large items  up. Covid stopped some of that.

If you don’t have any material things to Feng Shui (Fung Shway) today, perhaps you have a few negative things in your mind that need to be given away and positive ideas that would be healthy to replenish. refurbish and reinvest.

You are getting better every day.
You are neat and organized.
You are wise.
You are kind to yourself and others.
You say good things to yourself inside and out loud.

Please leave a comment and let me know a fun story, sweet memory, or problem dealing wtih too much stuff.

Never Give Up
Joan Y. Edwards, Author
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