I'm a bit obsessed with the housework. As in, I'm obsessed with trying to figure out ways to get out of it.
We have searched high and low for the solution, from
the most efficient laundry room ever invented to
Ironing Hacks and the
easiest way to clean your oven, ever.
But from time to time, we need a reminder that a clean house is not the be all and end all, and particularly if you have a new baby or small kids at home.
We parents really have far more important things to take care of - like ourselves, like rest, like having lots and lots of fun with the smallies.
This poem, 'Dust If You Must' by Rose Milligan from Lancaster in the UK, really makes us put the housework in perspective:
because it's only dust.
Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better
To paint a picture, or write a letter,
Bake 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, and 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.
The housework can totally wait, right? We hope you get out and enjoy the sunshine today!
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