"It is the enjoyment of every step in the process of doing; everything not only the isolated piece we label art... If you want to rush to the accomplishment, it is an inevitable disappointment. Then you rush to something else. The disappointment is repeated over and over again. But if every step is pleasant, then the accomplishment becomes even more, because it is nourished by what is going on."
"All the stages of one's work have a poetic nature."
Sue Bender Plain and Simple
Clutter clearing gives you breathing space to live. And this is good.
But there is more. When you learn how to make your daily work a practice of love, that's when you transcend your work into something extraordinary.
If you would have said to me, what I just said to you when I was a girl on the farm, I would have fell into a heap of giggles and complete disbelief. And yet, here I am, after 30 plus years of this practice...sometimes kicking and screaming...I get it. At least today I do.
Our daily work is a practice. Sometimes this work is a deep practice. With one foot in front of the other through gritted teeth. But the art does happen. Work becomes poetic. More and more frequently I feel it now. Our daily work is the rhythm of our life. It is an act of love.
This morning I was reminded of a great conversation I had with a wise client 13 years ago. At that time, I was just really beginning this deeper practice of home care. Little did I know where it would take me. Somehow the path just kept opening up to me as if saying "stay here, go deep, create art while you work, share it with kindred souls who think your crazy"!" And low and behold, here I am sharing this message with you my friend.
May your journey be sweet and long. May your dishes be a time of joy, your pick up a space of gratitude and your vacuuming an act of love. May you never "work" another day.
Denise Frakes... Life, home and work coach
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