A practice of restoration, one overlooked detail at a time.
What if the secret to a vibrant home isn’t new furniture or fresh paint, but simply noticing—and loving—the overlooked details? Dr. Joe Dispenza speaks of “loving another into life” as a healing technique. I’ve found that the same is true of our spaces: we love our homes into life by tending to the overlooked details (less metaphysical, more practical in approach).
Each before-and-after moment brings us to a state of gratitude and appreciation for everything around us. Since everything is vibration, our mere projection of gratitude onto things changes them, imbuing them with sparkle.
This teaching came alive for me recently when I finally turned my attention upward. I have to pull out a ladder to tend to the light in my kitchen, so it was neglected literally for years. The glass was dulled with a sticky film, its jewel tones muted beneath layers of kitchen smoke and neglect.
As I wiped away the years, she seemed to sigh with relief, her colors breathing again into the room.
In that moment, gratitude became an act of restoration. I was thankful for her maker, for the colors that brighten my Victorian home, and for the reminder that tending revives beauty—and by tending to what surrounds us, we restore not only objects, but ourselves.
Look around your home and choose one forgotten thing today: a dusty shelf, a tarnished frame, a weary lamp. Give it your care and watch how its revival mirrors your own. Notice how your energy shifts when you appreciate objects in their restored state.
This is how we love our homes into life, one object at a time. A loved home is a living home, and every detail is a doorway into gratitude.
(My son and I heal homes in our North Central West Virginia community. Contact me about Holistic Home Solutions if you could use some helping hands toward home-upliftment.)
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