Out with the Old

We are in the middle of a series of fairly significant changes in our home. We have lived here for around 15 years and it is showing the depredations 3 children, 3 cats and various others, so it is certainly time.  This morning the men arrived to remove the kitchen, but  I wasn’t prepared for what that was going to feel like.  As with many families, the kitchen has always been the heart of our home, and it has just been ripped out!  We can now see 70 years of various old linos and wallpapers, and loads and loads of space.  The room now looks huge.  I know in about a month’s time we will be enjoying something lovely, but in the meantime we are going to be camping in the Utility room and cooking on a single ring. 

Change needs to start off by recognising the need for something new, then clearing out the old stuff and then rebuilding.  Even though this is an external change, and seemingly relatively ‘safe’, yet still it has had an emotional impact.  It is this emotional element of Change that tends to hold us in thrall.  The only way forward is to commit and deal with it, day-by-day.

I wonder if today finds you wavering and wondering if you should make the move or not?  Well, if you don’t try you’ll never know.  You know everything about your current situation and you aren’t happy with it….

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”    Albert Einstein

Tags: Change, house, moving forwards, rebuilding

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