This is the second part of a two-part post.  

If you haven't already, read the first post, "If I Can't See the Clutter, Does It Exist"

OPENING OUR AWARENESS

When we stop skimming the surface of our lives, we are often astonished to find out how much is really there.  

And yet, perhaps out of fear of discovering it all, most of us never take the time to do this.  When we feel called to reduce clutter, to slow down, to begin to take creative control of our lives, to find our breath...we must begin by acknowledging the expanse of everything that exists in our days and moments.