Life and Stress

I was cleaning my house with all the frustration a person gets when there are never ending dishes, the bathroom is always dirty and laundry is constantly in piles and not in drawers. I started thinking about how to pare down this madness! We’ve done a lot of work to live simpler. And yet, our house can look like an episode of hoarders if we aren’t careful.

I thought about all the ways to make our house cleaner. Get rid of dogs, cats, kids, garden. Surely that would make things tidier, simpler. But then I realize I would just be sitting in the house thinking about how nice it would be to have a dog or cat or child. And I see that the stress over cleaning is a choice. And the fact that I can choose is a privilege. And the fact that I have privilege makes me grateful. So I guess I’m just feeling grateful that I get to clean up this messy house.

Perspective can bring freedom.