Two years ago a candle melted on our fireplace stone mantle. I tried everything anyone suggested to get it up. I scraped, ironed over a brown paper bag to soak up excess wax, used degreasers, and finally carburetor cleaner to get the oily stain out. All suggestions were unsuccessful, many gave me a headache.
I explored going to a local stone place to replace the worse section but I’m not doing it. Seeing the stain still bothers me! WHY am I not taking action?
As I was berating myself for not getting it off my “to do” list the other day, it dawned on me: I was solving a problem, not creating something I wanted. Yes, the stain bothered me, but I don’t particularly like the mantle. There is no energy around fixing it. I’d fallen into the trap of fixing a problem (I really should…) vs. creating what I want.
So now I’m exploring what a different mantle might look like. I’ll create it or decide to live with what I have. Either way it’ll be a clean choice and will free energy that’s been trapped in the “I’ve got to get this fixed” mode for the past two years.
Creating works! Shoulds?…Well, not so much.
Love this – a wonderful reminder to me as I have been ‘bogged down’ lately with my ‘should do’ list. Very thoughtful post about the somewhat subtle differences sometimes!
Kathleen
Thanks Kathleen.