Clean the Dishes

Clean the dishes,
Pick up a messy room,
Organize your desk–

Find a mundane act of work and make it holy.

In every part of the work, be present,
wash every dish with care,
praise God for each aspect of the action–
the soap, your hands, the potter.

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“There are no unsacred places;
there are only sacred places
and desecrated places.”
–Wendell Berry