Kathleen Klein's Blog
Posted by Kathleen Klein
I used to have a friend who was brutally honest. When I asked her opinion, or when she offered it unasked, she would say, “Do you want me to lie to you and make you feel good or tell you the truth and make you feel like….?” You get it.
I haven’t written my feng shui blog for a few weeks. And I will be honest with you at the risk of making myself seem like a fake knower of all things feng shui. Shoemakers’ kids run around barefooted. Dairy farmers send their offspring down to the local 7-11s to grab cartons of milk. This writer of feng shui info hit a bit of a glitch in the universe that had me spinning.
But I have returned to write, feeling more empowered. My belief in feng shui, together with my faith in a higher power I call God, has helped me to find my way back to my path. What started with a two dollar expenditure on some light bulbs yesterday, and continued this morning with the most, most wonderful church service called “Miracle in the Mess,” ended with my faith being renewed.
Even more than renewed, my faith has grown and I feel that I have begun a new journey in my life. In the world of feng shui, I credit the eight light bulbs that I placed in empty sockets. In the last 24 hours, I have been spoken to. Fresh ways of looking at my life have appeared. My perspective has been altered and I see what was right in front of me with new eyes. Knowing eyes. Eyes that will expect the unexpected. Eyes, and a full heart, that believe in miracles.
It’s the smallest things that can mean the most. One light bulb can literally be the difference between light and dark. Not only can you see better with your eyes when the bulb is switched on, but when spiritual light is shown to a sad heart, a life can be reborn.
Posted by Kathleen Klein
In case you need a reason to believe that there is some powerful energy in feng shui, here’s a quick update on the small mirror I relocated to right inside my front door about a week ago. In addition to my daughter being approached about two jobs within 24 hours of the mirror being moved, I’ve had two calls for job interviews and three job offers, one that involves use of a company car. All of this has occurred in the last week.
Right around the time I moved the mirror, I was out walking, praying, asking for guidance. I asked for a way to make a living that would satisfy me not only financially but spiritually as well. I prefer to work from home but recognize that sometimes getting out in the world can better serve my needs (again, financially and spiritually). I like to believe that the combination of my prayers and my use of feng shui in my home brought the new job developments to my life.
Do you ever feel in a rut? I do. Sometimes I like it. I like routine. But other times I need change. Excitement. A new lease on my life. When I feel the urge to get out of my rut, to shake it up a bit, I need to remind myself that all it takes is a little movement. A little feng shui can go a long way.
(As far as the jobs I was offered – I took the one with the car. And I will interview for two others that I believe would fit very well with the rest of my life.)
Posted by Kathleen Klein
I watched Joyce Meyer the other morning and then went out for (what I’m trying to make into a habit) my daily walk. There’s an urban trail near where I live that is just the right place for me to let my mind wander while I try to figure out my place in the universe.
What Joyce talked about was “rearranging and changing.” Funny how it works, but I find that when I need to hear something, it comes at me from all angles. She likened the rearranging and changing to a tree that has all of its limbs pruned. There is a feeling of bareness at first, but then comes new growth. The new branches and leaves and flowers are even more alive than what was cut.
I don’t know Joyce’s views on feng shui, but what she said made all the sense in the world to me. I’d been feeling a bit out of sorts, my daughter and I had been bickering at each other, and moving something around seemed to be the answer. The first thing I moved was our trunk of family photos.
Within minutes of moving one of the most cumbersome pieces of furniture we have (families can put a tremendous amount of strain on us) I felt tears come that I couldn’t stop for quite a while. Later we talked about some very heavy family matters. That evening we sat by a fire and all the stress of the previous few days was gone. All it took was a little moving stuff around.
And here’s more. I have a small round mirror that I have had hanging right inside my bedroom door for years. Time for a change, I thought. I relocated it to right inside our front door, prosperity being the goal. Within three hours, my daughter got a call for a job. Not only that, within 24 more hours, she got a call for another job. (She chose the first.)
Joyce calls one of life’s necessities “rearranging and changing.” Others may call it feng shui. What matters is how you use positive energy, or “chi,” to change your life for the better. See what little changes you can make in your environment and how they affect your life. Let me know what happens.
Posted by Kathleen Klein
I feel like this is the first day of school. I’m nervous, excited. Will I make some new friends? Even one? Will they like me? This is the first blog I’ve ever done. One of my favorite sayings is: “It’s not about leaping from point A to point B. It’s about leaping from point A.” So as I begin writing about feng shui for Suite101, I’m leaping. It’s scary but I have faith that all will fall together as it is supposed to.
When I got the good news that I would be the new feng shui writer for Suite101 I realized that I better get my own house in order, literally, if I am going to be spouting advice, acting as a guide, if not mentor or role model to others about the possibilities that feng shui offers.
I have some, maybe a lot of the answers. But I certainly don’t have all of them. I’m just like you, walking through this life one foot in front of the other. I will try to be as open as I can about how feng shui affects my life. I hope you will feel comfortable enough to start up a discussion or to email me if you have a question or subject of concern. I hope we can learn together and share knowledge about feng shui, a topic that interests both of us.
Please bear with me while I get used to blogging. In a way it seems like the “stranger-on-a-plane” scenario. In theory I can tell you things that I might not tell someone I know because there’s a good chance I won’t see you again. But I hope we do keep in touch. As I step out of my comfort zone, I will be here if you want to step out of yours, too, as we talk about some of the many ways feng shui can improve our lives.
