A wonderful poem to inspire you to have everything in its place, ready to serve you.
The Patience of Ordinary Things
It is a kind of love, is it not?
How the cup holds the tea,
How the chair stands sturdy and foursquare,
How the floor receives the bottoms of shoes
Or toes. How soles of feet know
Where they’re supposed to be.
I’ve been thinking about the patience
Of ordinary things, how clothes
Wait respectfully in closets
And soap dries quietly in the dish,
And towels drink the wet
From the skin of the back.
And the lovely repetition of stairs.
And what is more generous than a window?
~by Pat Schneider,
I love this wonderful poem about finding beauty in everything, every little thing. But it also appeals to me as it follows my mantra: turning matter into energy. In the language of BALANCE, that means organizing your clutter so rather than being in your way or a drain on you and your life flow, its energy, where everything is in its place, waiting to serve you.
The towel on the rack
The clothes in the closet
The soap in the dish