Thirty Days- Day Eight- Time To Tidy Up

 

I like this picture for some reason. I mean, I like a lot of things about it, but there's something about this that I keep coming back to.

I feel like I'm peeping.

How many times do we peep? Okay, that sounds WAY ridiculous, but do you know what I mean? We don't look anymore. We don't look at people when they're speaking to us. We don't look at strangers passing by. We don't look at ourselves with our inner eye. Why?

I've been trying to take a genuine look at myself and it's hard. It's like you see the faults immediately. So instead of depressing myself with all these "Why aren't you's" and "You should reallys", I've been thinking, "I like this about myself" and "This is a good trait to have." I want to work on myself, like a room. I need tidying up every once in a while. It will help to keep my room clean.

My papa would always walk into my bedroom as a teenager and say, "Why so many clothes on the ground? Isn't it easier just to hang it up now than wait until later?"

So...I'm like a really messed up room! Ha, ha! I've got a lot of cleaning to do. But the best way to start is when I immediately throw something on the floor, I should hang it up instead. Um....so, the minute I start to tell a white lie or start to think/speak negatively, I should stop and hang it up. It's not worth the trouble of cleaning up later. Does that make sense????

I guess what I'm trying to say is #1: Peep. Get outside of your box and take a peep. Look inside yourself and take a peep.  #2: Be nice today/tomorrow because it will make someone else happy.  #3: Stop arguing with me and clean your room, dang it!