Getting rid of clutter seems to be a consistent problem with North Americans. There are at least ten magazines on the rack right now claiming to hold the secret to getting rid of clutter. I have read some books on the subject and in discussion with other people have been interested to hear some of the strategies they have adopted to deal with it. While I will be covering some of the approaches that help with clutter in subsequent entries, what has most interested me is the way people concentrate on the physical, practical aspects and avoid the spiritual facets of the problem.
When we first began more effectively dealing with clutter in our house, it was because of concern for the spiritual dimension of the issue.
It seemed to me that there were only two reasons there was clutter in our home: we had too many things and not enough space to store them all, which suggested an unhealthy attachment to material things, which was a spiritual issue. Alternatively, everything did have a place and we chose to leave things strewn for multiple reasons, which suggested a lack of gratitude for the things we`d been blessed with, which was a spiritual issue.
Either way, there were some spiritual matters that needed to be addressed before we could consistently overcome the clutter in our home. Beginning to view it as a spiritual issue, rather than one of “mere” house-keeping has made all the difference in how we approach clutter.
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