Nurture An Uplifting Environment

According to the teachings of yoga, our environment should be peaceful and uplifting. This is considered the best way to allow innate peace to surface and our creative, nurturing capacities to be unveiled. 
~Yogacharya Ellen Grace O'Brian - from her book  The Jewel of Abundance p.184

I find that it can be so easy for my little desk area, in the corner of our den, to become cluttered with books and papers. I may be using something and think that I might need it the next day, so I leave it sitting next to my computer. The next day comes and I find something else that I need. All of a sudden things accumulate and then it feels overwhelming as to where to start to clean it up. Over time I have come to realize that I don't work or think well when that clutter is around me so I have developed a habit to keep my desk area tidy and dispose of what I don't need in a timely way. We have all experienced how our environment is influential. We know how we feel when we go for a walk in nature, for example, and how it renews our energy. Yogacharya encourages us to consider "What brings joy to your heart and peace to your mind? Cultivate and enhance those aspects...Let your choices reflect your intention to succeed—to live, love, and thrive in the highest way."