What rubs you the wrong way? What feels like sandpaper against your skin, causing noticeable agitation? Whatever that is, is what needs your attention the most. It doesn’t need you to complain about it but instead ask why it bothers you. When you know why something bothers you, you can dispel the reason or accept it, and then you may find that in time it doesn’t bother you at all any longer.
Growing up, when the sink was clean, there was an understood rule that you’d best not leave a dirty dish in there anytime soon. Cleaning up after yourself is an excellent lesson to learn, and so I appreciate that this was shared with me even though it took years for me to apply to other areas in the home (messy = creative, right? ). Once I was in a better habit of cleaning in adult years I realized that I had a lot of tension around the first dish that would go into an empty sink in my own home. I didn’t want to use a mug, plate, a fork, or anything that would be laid down into my freshly scrubbed basin. Seriously, this caused me a slight degree of annoyance until I realized that I could view it all differently. I have now decided to enjoy the usage of that first dish as a celebration of life and the cycles we experience on a small scale within our larger cycles of coming and going. Now a clean sink is ready to hold whatever comes to it next. Placing a dish in a clean sink, I smile to myself because it’s a life affirming, positive motion. Getting to choose how you think and respond is a blessing! What you experience is up to you…
Presence and Positivity 