Dust if you must!

落灰撣不盡，轉眼又積塵。

憤怒出詩人！一點沒錯。看到家具上的灰塵一怒而發的這兩句，足以和白居易的“野火燒不盡，春風吹又生”有一拚了。哈哈！

家務事裏最最深惡痛絕的要數打掃衛生了。每每到別人家，看到家具上一塵不染，立刻會對女主人心生敬意，外加一番深深的自責和內疚。如果哪家的家具上有點積塵，便有一種彼此彼此的親切感，當然不好意思當麵告訴女主人我的這番感受。

清潔工小M說是腰疼已經幾個月沒來打掃衛生了。當家裏木板地上和家具上那擦之不盡，撣而不絕的灰塵已經積累到“是可忍，孰不可忍”的時候，耳邊就會想起了小時候的毛語錄“掃帚不到，灰塵照例不會自己跑掉”。萬般無奈之際隻好一邊拿起掃帚抹布，一邊看看有那位女友有空和我電話海聊。實在沒有就套上iPod耳機，一邊糜靡之音，一邊三心二意，有重點地在幾個常活動的地方打掃。其它的象門窗了，客廳餐廳了，女兒不常住的房間了...等等，眼不見為淨（out of sight, out of mind)，還是等小M回來再說吧...如果她還回來的話。

近日同事發來有關打掃衛生撣灰塵的忠告。真是行行親切，句句入耳。再看到有點落灰的家具時也能泰然自若，心裏的內疚感竟然也蕩然無存了。今天應該打掃衛生的，現在決定推遲到下個禮拜。用INPUTKING打字，在打入“下個禮拜”幾個字的時候，剛敲出xiag幾個字母inputking就自告奮勇地給我推薦了幾個很貼心受用的選擇，１.下崗 ２.下個世紀 ３.下個月 ４.下工。真乃知我者inputking也。哈哈...

Dust if you must!

Remember...a layer of dust protects the Wood beneath it.

"A house becomes a home when you can write "I love you" on the furniture."

I can't tell you how many countless hours that I have spent CLEANING! I used to spend at least 8 hours every weekend making sure things were just perfect - "in case someone came over".

Then I realized one day that no-one came over; they were all out living life and having fun!

Now, when people visit, I find no need to explain the "condition" of my home. They are more interested in hearing about the things I've been doing while I was away living life and having fun.

If you haven't figured this out yet, please heed this advice.

Life is short. Enjoy it!

Dust if you must....... but wouldn't it be better to paint a picture or write a letter, bake cookies or a cake or 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, music to hear and books to read, friends to cherish and 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 not 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!

Share this with all the wonderful friends in your life. I JUST DID.

It's not what you gather, but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived.