The Gift of Cleaning out the Refrigerator

This picture was taken in NY, near Fire Island right before a sunset cruise.  Water signifies cleaning... let us clean our souls. 

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Kathy King

The Gift of Cleaning out the Refrigerator

“Clutter is not just the stuff on your floor-it’s anything that stands between you and the life you want to be living.”

Peter Walsh

Clean up, tidy up, pick up your things.

It seems like such an odious task.

To wipe, to mop, to clear up dirty things.

Why should I even do it?

You often ask.

I will just have to do it again.  

Why waste my time on this task?

But if we don’t clean, the mess just gets worse.

The bugs and smells invade.

The rot, the stench, the decay.

So it is essential to clean, to wash the dirt away.

When something is clean, renewal can start.

The surfaces, the walls, the floors are pristine.

To start the process all over, the art of cleaning.

Life is much like cleaning. 

We need to address the soils, the dirt, and dusty circumstances of life.

Scrub off the layers of dust and dirt off your soul and spirit.  

Make the slate clean.  Don’t let the murky bits pile up.

Take time to clean your inner self. 

Give yourself a break. Make this a gift to your present and future self.

Cleaning.  Yuck, right? I have a love hate relationship with cleaning. I do like things to be tidy but the actual action to get things tidy.. not so much. I discovered that there are reels that are dedicated to cleaning. Uh. No. Recently I undertook the just laborious task of cleaning out our refrigerator.  Why do I refer to the task as laborious?  Honestly, the refrigerator was neglected.  Things piled up, the bento boxes with leftovers and good intentions sat there collecting stinky smells.  That random carrot that fell out of the baby carrot bag was in the very back and wilted and gross.  Those shelves where you thought someone had eaten your food that was bought “as  a treat”  was under a pile of regrettably old vegetables that we had every intention of eating.  My first thought was, I just wanted to close the fridge and hope for the best.  After a few moments of foot stomping and talking myself off the "I can just do this next week" cliff, the cleaning commenced.  While scrubbing I thought about life.  That is my new practice, what can I glean from a mundane/onerous task about life, the universe and everything?  This came to mind.  How often do we clean our soul and spirit?  If it is like my fridge, that is one dirty and stinky place.  How often do we dwell on unkind words that were uttered to us?  How often do we dwell on words that we have uttered that we wish we could take back?  Take a moment and clear out hate.  Empty the rubbish bins of regret, Sweep out the dust and dank of everyday life.  Mop up the urge to be unkind, and let the floor shine with a beautiful sheen of kindness.  Finally, take all the bags of rubbish to the trash bin of anxiety, anger, angst, and other bad feelings to the trash can and let the trash company take it off to the dumpster.  Will those feelings resurface?  Absolutely.  That is why we must clean our soul and spirit regularly. Neglect leads to a pile of old bento boxes of emotions and feelings that are growing mold. Open the door, take out the prayer, mediation, forgiveness, and relief that comes from a clean slate.  It will make a difference.  Now, when we open the fridge, we don’t immediately want to slam the door and deal with it later.  Rather, we marvel at the organization that has come from taking a moment to clean.  Clean your soul, clean your spirit.  Cleaning is the reset button of life.  

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Appalachian Allegory

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