A Day of Clearing the Rooms of the Mind
1. Opening – Cleaning More Than a Space
One afternoon, I decided it was time for a long-overdue deep cleaning.
Unfinished books were stacked on the desk.
Clothes from different seasons were tangled together in the closet.
As I sorted through these small messes, a quiet thought surfaced:
Perhaps my mind looks much the same.
I opened the window to let fresh air in.
Soft sunlight filled the room, and something inside felt lighter.
That was when I realized that cleaning is not only about space—
it is also about letting air move through the mind.
2. A Small Moment of Humor
“Even the mind needs cleaning,” someone once joked.
“Then what is the dust?”
“Perhaps,” came the answer, “unattended emotions.”
3. Insight – The Rooms We Carry Inside
Inside each of us are many rooms.
A room of joy.
A room of sorrow.
A room of regret we hesitate to enter.
We often live with these doors closed.
Yet emotions left untouched do not disappear.
They quietly accumulate, making the inner air heavy.
To organize the mind is not to erase feelings,
but to become honest with oneself.
When an old wound is gently brought into the light,
it transforms—from a burden into understanding.
The essence of inner organization is not discarding emotions,
but finding the courage to look at them again.
4. Today’s Practice – Creating an Emotional Storage Map
Take a sheet of paper and name the rooms of your inner house.
For example:
The Room of Joy
The Room of Regret
The Room of Gratitude
Write down, in a single line, what each room contains.
Then choose one room to tend to today.
When emotions are given structure,
what once felt overwhelming begins to take shape.
5. A Small Act of Courage
Later that afternoon, with a warm cup of tea nearby,
I opened a page labeled The Room of Regret.
Slowly, I wrote what I had long postponed:
“Why wasn’t I kinder then?”
Tears welled up—not from regret, but from understanding.
When the page was complete, the weight inside had eased.
“This room,” I thought, “can finally breathe.”
6. Quote of the Day
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
— Socrates
7. Closing Reflection – Letting Light In
Organizing the inner house is not about removing emotions.
It is about returning them to their rightful place.
As scattered thoughts are gently arranged,
new feelings find space to enter.
Everyone carries at least one room that remains unorganized.
Today, consider opening its door—
and letting in a line of sunlight and a breath of air.
8. A Thought from Psychology
Psychologist D. W. Winnicott emphasized that reconnecting with the True Self
begins by recognizing one’s inner emotional space.
This process is not about meeting external expectations,
but about noticing what is genuinely felt within.
To clean the rooms of the mind
is to begin finding one’s way back to the self.
9. One-Sentence Takeaway
“Caring for the inner house is the quietest way of loving who you are today.”