What’s in your Surround?
I live in the city. It is a small city, but not really. It is a small city next to other cities that make one fairly large metropolitan area. My small second floor apartment in an old building overlooks a busy street. Cars go by at all hours of the day and night. When I moved into my apartment, I almost freaked out. I couldn’t sleep. The street noise was a bit much for my ears. But the apartment I liked, still like. And at the time, the price was right. I needed to find a way to co-exist with my surroundings!
My bedroom is on the street side so that didn’t help. I like sleeping with the windows open, but that wouldn’t do this time. I could open the side window, but not the one facing the street. I went shopping for curtains to help absorb the street sounds. Feng Shui-wise, the best position for my bed would place my head facing the street. Hmmm … what to do? I definitely did not want my head on the same side as the door. That wall is full of electrical outlets and aesthetically, that placement did not appeal.
My intuition tells me the situation is workable. Everything is workable. There is a mind that hedges on that one, but on the whole the notion rings true. Taking a deep breath, I surveyed my bedroom and found the answer. I created an energetic headboard framed by ribbons and crystals – really nothing to crow about, but for some reason, encasing my whole sleeping area in that ‘bubble’ of energy allowed me to sleep.
I also said hello to the energy of previous tenants, my neighbors below, across the street, the trees outside my window, the stars above, the fog that rolls in. In short, anything and everything around me. I announced my intent to live amongst them – in accord with everyone – as much as I knew how. For some reason, the peace that eluded me the first night settled in the following day. My body relaxed. I got into looking at how to make my apartment my home, my sanctuary.
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