This is a great article from the Springville Herald last Thursday, by Liz Elder.
This is my favorite part:
"It takes nerves of steel, and a secretive nature, to be messy: to take naps in the afternoon, to make cakes from scratch with kids, and let them play with bread dough. To forget about multi-tasking and to waste time. It takes a little bit of the old crazy to try things that are too complicated and that will probably fail, but you know can't resist trying.
If we're strong and brave, if we have character and courage, we can become a messy people. We can have people over and shove our projects off the couch so they can sit down and visit.
Organization gives the appearance of priorities as straight as your straightened curtains and scrubbed countertops. Not that there's anything specifically wrong with being clean, but messy - ahhh, messy really says your priorities are hanging straight."
Yes, yes and yes! I think the Europeans live more this way. So do not feel guilty about your messes. Seriously.
Love that piece! Wow!
ReplyDeleteI remember the family my son Phil lived with in Paris. They had a lot of money. They lived in a three story townhouse. And yet when you went inside their place, you were welcomed by an agreeable shabbiness. I loved it.
I feel so much better about all the Lego. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteMy Ryan would LOVE to read this. I am an organize-aholic (not that my apartment is spotless... but I work very hard at trying to make it so) and he believes in taking people into our bedroom that doesn't have an empty space on the ground to show off his latest Lego project. I feel my blood temperature rising when people come over and the counter is cluttered... he's just happy to have somewhere to put a bowl of cereal. Not that I care so much about what other people think... but I want it to be nice for them. Wish I was as laid back as Ryan is. This is a brilliant piece:) And so glad I finally am reading your new blog!
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