Dust if you must
I used to spend at least 8 hours every weekend making sure things were just perfect - ‘in case someone came over’. Finally I realised one day that no-one ‘came over.’ They were all out living life and having fun!
Now, when people visit I don’t have to explain the ‘condition’ of my home. They are more interested in hearing about the things I’ve been doing while I was out living life and having fun.
Consider for a moment:
- A layer of dust protects the wood beneath it
- A house becomes a home when you can write ‘I love you’ on the furniture
Dust If You Must
Dust if you must but wouldn’t it be better
to paint a picture or write a letter,
bake a cake, lick the spoon, plant a seed?
Ponder the difference between want and need?Dust if you must but there’s not much time
with rivers to swim and mountains to climb,
wine to drink, music to hear, books to read,
friends to cherish and a life to lead.Dust if you must, but the world’s out there
with the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair,
a flutter of snow, a shower of rain.
This day will never come around again.Dust if you must, but bear in mind
old age will come and it’s not kind.
And when you go - and go you must,
you, yourself, will make more dust!
It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.
