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Spring Cleaning by BEHNAZ SANJANA
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This time, stretch the age-old ‘spring cleaning’ dictum from what’s around you to what’s inside you.
his year the spring equinox falls on the 20th of March, right about when you lay your hands on a brand-new Woman This Month. How symbolic, considering that the day ushers the fresh and the renewed. The vernal equinox is celebrated by a number of cultures around the world. With regards to astrology, this is the first full day of the sign of Aries, and is also traditionally believed to be the first day of the astrological year. This celestial ritual is heralded as a time for rebirth and a new beginning, which makes it just the time to get on to all that we have put off doing for sometime now. Those New Year
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resolutions lying redundant in the obscure corners of the mind could be dusted out. Let the warmth of springtime shed new light on them. A little tweak here and a slight amend there might just make them seem more doable. So what’s new that you are going to embrace at the turn of the season? A good habit or two? A detox? A clutterfree home perhaps? Learning a new skill, sport or language is often the beginning of unimagined possibilities. And let that quick temper, the old vice and the negative vibes around you be eliminated with the last traces of the winter chill.
Build on what is good for you and the world at large. Detach from all that saps the vibrancy from your spirit (vixen-like girlfriends included). Sounds too tall an order? The key to successfully turning a new leaf lies in baby steps. All it takes is one step at a time. Folklore says that you can stand raw eggs on end on the first day of spring. There is a scientific explanation for that somewhere. But it would be fun to gather family or friends to attempt this, along with patience, tact and a dozen right-shaped eggs. If all fails, have them scrambled, poached or in keeping with the season sunny side up! www.womanthismonth.com