I have begun to think that I have a great book inside of me, just waiting to crystalize and get out.
I want to call it The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
It would be all about the perception of cleanliess in our lives, both physical and spiritual, possibly mental and emotional.
What got me started on this title was the fact that I returned to work last week and realized that some of my clients really really missed me. So much, in fact, that they didn't do any dusting or cleaning behind the toilet. It was like a reset button was pushed and all the good I did over the last year was erased in two months. Game starts from the beginning, no extra lives for you!
In a way, it's very flattering to me that they love my work so much that they save it all for me. And boy, does their house look good when I leave! It also makes me wonder hypothetically: do they know it was dirty or not?
No five year old boy wants a bath. They don't mind the dirt. It's their mother that does.
Sometimes, we don't mind the dirt in our lives. The mean comments. The extra ten pounds. That annoying mother at school we hate. We just choose to ignore it, and we are sometimes surprised it doesn't go away.
After awhile, we can start to feel dirty, and I know that most times, I don't even know where the dirt pile begins.
This Fall, I am challenging myself to sweep out the little stuff sooner. Forgive sooner. Really be honest about dirt in my life.
A dirty toilet never killed anyone....but a dirty heart?
"Out of the fullness of his heart, a man (Anne) speaks" Proverbs
I know I've got to clean behind the toilet that my mouth sometimes is......
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