Cleaning is being transformed in my world. As a professional cleaner for the past 25 years I now find myself no longer a cleaner. This is an odd feeling and freeing feeling.
Growing up, I hated to clean! Hated it. I lived on a farm, cleaning meant I was not outside but inside doing the menial work of housekeeping. Life is really very funny. After college I took the next logical step, I became a professional cleaner. Seriously, who makes this stuff up??? Thankfully, I found I loved running a business, helping others and when you clean for someone else, cleaning brings great satisfaction.
Over the years of cleaning, I have cleaned everything from mastic off terrazzo floors, carpet for exhausted moms, filthy daycare chairs to award winning stone bathrooms. I have cleaned for the ultra rich to the very poor. I have cleaned for families moving in and families moving out. I have cleaned for kind people, inspiring people, stressed people, families welcoming in a new baby, families hosting weddings and families after a loss. During this time, I have also cleaned my own home. I have cleaned, pondered cleaning, researched cleaning and taught cleaning.
As it turns out, cleaning was good for me. It became my teacher as well as my vocation. I learned from cleaning. I discovered residue and then taught residue free cleaning. The value of cleaning and its history became visible. I found myself, in the process of being a cleaner. Wax on ...Wax off. There is wisdom in cleaning. And there is a gift in learning to love your work whatever it may be.
As I write to you I'm in the process of becoming a certified transformational life coach. As I help families clear out their clutter and live residue free lives my daily work is now my passion.
You see, as I cleaned, I learned that cleaning is also a tool for removing the residues of life. The residues on our countertops and the residues in our soul. Cleaning is a beautiful form of daily meditation. Good cleaning creates a healthy home. Cleaning helps keep your home flowing with fresh energy. Cleaning creates clarity and cleaning helps keep clutter and stagnation at bay. Cleaning gives you something productive to do when life throws you a curve ball.
I thought about closing out this blog and starting fresh in another blog. But if I had done so we would not get to continue our chats. If you call today wanting your travertine floors cleaned, I can no longer help you. I can refer you but I won't be your cleaner. I can however help you enjoy your life, I can help you clean out your clutter and life's residues. I can help you find clarity and joy in your daily work. I can help you discover what you love.
I thank all to whom I have had the pleasure to meet and work with over the years. My husband Dallas and I have been blessed beyond measure. We thank you.
As always, I wish you great joy in your home and in your life,
Denise
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