Holy Days

Brief post as it’s a Jewish holiday and I’m trying to stay offline, but I couldn’t help but be struck, as I tidied (not the same as decluttering) but strove to make some order to get ready for the holiday how, again, spaces enhance or inhibit celebrations/observations.  It doesn’t seem right to sit down to a holiday dinner in the midst of a mess.  And the clearing, cleaning in service of getting into a more altered state or attentive mood felt good to me, justified, no doubt, by the holiday’s importance in my mind.  If only I could bring that sense of stake to the everyday in our lives… but I felt it for today, and realized, again, how space/mood/activity all intertwine.