August 2012
Welcome --
Let's "dish the dirt" -- no -- not the way we usually do. Instead, I'm referring to what it said on a kitchen magnet I saw years ago:
"A Clean Home is the Sign
of a Wasted Life."
This is not to say I'm advocating a boycott of cleanliness -- after all, "neatness counts". Let's just put things into perspective.
How many times have we all been ultra focused on that one spot,flaw, or mark? -- scrubbing away, with several different cleaning "solutions"?--
using an old T shirt to polish something just so, a worn toothbrush to scrub away any imperfection -- and yet, in a few days, a week tops, we're back in the same effort -- wiping away what "shouldn't be".
So, I ask -- can't good enough be just that? -- good enough? There will always be something to clean, reclean, and re-reclean. How about opting for neatening and straightening instead? Minimize the clutter, streamline the pathways. Dare to
Dust - Sweep - Mop
quickly
and then walk away.
Now let me take the really long perspective here. Eventually, we'll either be six feet under, or be part of the dirt ("ashes to ashes, dust to dust") we're working so hard to eliminate. So while we gather and remove it in an attempt to keep it at bay for a while, let's begin to see it less as an enemy and more as a curious acquaintance.
I know I'm a bit out there on this -- however, when I find myself intently practicing "out, out damned spot", I remind myself that the dirt will always win ~ make peace with it.