Spring is a great time to clear out and clean up. Spring cleaning isn’t as popular as it was when we were kids, but it still has merit. Getting everything clean and fresh, making everything lighter and brighter, and removing clutter are great ideas.

Spring is also a wonderful time to take stock and clean up and clear out things in our lives that hold us back or bog us down. It is a good time to mend broken relationships, extend forgiveness, and deal with the problems and other baggage that is slowing our progress.

Here’s an action plan that I think can work for most of us. If there are things that don’t apply to you, just skip over them for a week. Each week, do the following:

• Deal with one problem in your life
• Make one critical decision you have been deferring Ø  Mend one broken relationship
• Forgive one person
• Celebrate how much better you feel.

“We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.”        — Simone Weil

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