The Spaces We Create: What They Can Teach Us

Our spaces shape us as much as we shape them.
by Alison Bonds Shapiro, M.B.A. in Healing Into Possibility
Originally published online by Psychology Today

A large part of how we know ourselves is in relationship to the places we inhabit and the way in which we inhabit them.  

We shape our homes and places of work.  When we change them - move to another town - remodel - empty out - our lives change.  When our spaces are destroyed, we grieve. We have lost a part of ourselves that we struggle to understand and recapture.Our spaces are repositories of things that represent the chapters of our lives: the books on the shelves, Aunt Mary's teacup, the music we have chosen, the award we won, the clothes we wear, the files of information on our clients.  Each object has some meaning and makes a statement about how we choose to be, even if it only it represents the decision to buy the package of socks at the discount clothing store rather than the department store, or the other way around.  We surround ourselves with reflections of ourselves and the stories of our lives.
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