Signs of spring are all around. Even as the snow trickles down sporadically, the air carries the hint of soil. Tulips are pushing their leaves up through thawing ground. The enormous snow hares that roam the neighbourhood are turning from white to brown. All the signs are pointing in the right direction.
While Mother Nature is always clear about the change of seasons, I must rely on different signs to give me a hint about the state of my internal being. When work is busy and life is full my ability to gauge my emotional and spiritual temperature gets compromised. Luckily I have one sure fire way to tell when life is getting out of hand and I better pay attention quickly.
What is that one marvellous, always accurate tell tale sign you ask? It is the state of my bathroom. Under normal circumstances the makeup goes in its basket, the trash gets emptied regularly, dirty clothes are in the hamper, the flat iron is put away and all my odds and sods of beauty stuff are arranged neatly on the counter. Currently, the toilet paper has not made it to the holder and is wandering from the edge of the bathtub to the counter and back again. My clothes from yesterday are on the floor. I don't know where I left my fluffy pink towel. Let's not even discuss the disarray of my small counter top. Something is up. Now I just have to figure out what it is. It could be any number of things: work dissatisfaction, tiredness, loneliness, too much work to do, or something completely different..... Now in addition to set the bathroom to rights I need to take a few minutes to sit still and listen to my inner voice, which is desperately trying to get my attention.
You have heard the saying, " As Maine goes, so goes the nation." My version is "As goes the bathroom, so goes my mental health." Today we may be in trouble.
While Mother Nature is always clear about the change of seasons, I must rely on different signs to give me a hint about the state of my internal being. When work is busy and life is full my ability to gauge my emotional and spiritual temperature gets compromised. Luckily I have one sure fire way to tell when life is getting out of hand and I better pay attention quickly.
What is that one marvellous, always accurate tell tale sign you ask? It is the state of my bathroom. Under normal circumstances the makeup goes in its basket, the trash gets emptied regularly, dirty clothes are in the hamper, the flat iron is put away and all my odds and sods of beauty stuff are arranged neatly on the counter. Currently, the toilet paper has not made it to the holder and is wandering from the edge of the bathtub to the counter and back again. My clothes from yesterday are on the floor. I don't know where I left my fluffy pink towel. Let's not even discuss the disarray of my small counter top. Something is up. Now I just have to figure out what it is. It could be any number of things: work dissatisfaction, tiredness, loneliness, too much work to do, or something completely different..... Now in addition to set the bathroom to rights I need to take a few minutes to sit still and listen to my inner voice, which is desperately trying to get my attention.
You have heard the saying, " As Maine goes, so goes the nation." My version is "As goes the bathroom, so goes my mental health." Today we may be in trouble.
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