Just a minute ago, as I was digging the hair out of my bathroom sink drain so that it would actually DRAIN (disgust)...and wiping crud from the toilet (gag), and cleaning funk off the counters (shudder)...I caught myself thinking how much I despise cleaning the bathroom...you can understand why, right? and as I was taking my dog for a walk and trudging my larger-than-I'd-like butt up and down hills and thinking how I wish I was just skinny by genes and didn't have to exercise and could eat whatever I wanted....I wondered to myself..how can I find joy in the mundane tasks of life that I may not particularly like doing (although I like walking my dog, it's the exercise part I was referring to)...and I found an answer, so I thought I would share to maybe help someone else...
One thing I think about that brings me back to earth and off my throne is to think about the cancer patients that I take care of at work...the sickness, the horrible fatigue that they feel, the non stop doctor's appointments and scans and xrays, the worry, the stress, the visits to the hospital, the not being able to go out and be around a crowd due to low blood counts...and THAT pretty much brings me back to reality..really, many of those people would give anything to be able to have the energy to clean the bathroom or their house or to be able to go for a walk...These things would actually be a huge blessing to them...
And then I felt horribly guilty that I was being such a jerk about doing a little bit of work...and I turned up the music on Pandora and started to sing as I cleaned...thank you Lord for reminding me of the blessings I have...
Just another thought to ponder....
*Edited to add..WOW, I turned the music from the mellow Dave Matthews channel to some old school hip hop songs...what a difference it made! Now, 'scuse me while I go get my dance moves on while I finish cleaning (where no one can see, of course) :P
