Car Wash

This is a recent journal entry that I found interesting, written by one of my artists - Betsy Walker. Love the outside of the car vs. inside of the car analogy, with regard to our hearts.

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Have you ever noticed that it's a lot easier to clean the outside of your car than the inside? now granted, i don't clean either very often. in fact, just last week i drove through a car wash for the first time...and after i figured out how to get my tire into the little rail guard thing it was a beautiful experience.But it sure takes a lot longer than that to clean the inside.

Now i don't consider myself a slob by any means, but my car, which doubles as my office, lunch box, cd stand, first aid kit, and tour bus has a tendency to accumulate a lot of items. And because i spend so much time in my car, it also has a tendency to accumulate a lot of trash.For a few weeks i have been telling myself that i'm going to take the time to clean it, but i find that i am too busy or too lazy to make it a priority. So... earlier this week i had the brilliant idea of simply keeping a garbage bag in the back seat of my car so that instead of having to take my trash to the garbage can, i can bring the garbage can to me. so convenient...so beautiful.It's not really smelly garbage and by organizing it in a bag it rarely interferes with my life. I have also found that it is a lot more socially acceptable to hide all your garbage in a white sack then to stuff it under the seats etc. (of course there are still little crumbs and shreds of paper and leaves...but those are too little to mention right now...we've got larger problems to deal with).

So it would seem that i had my trash problem under control...accept today when i was driving to an appointment, i came to the sad realization that while i had compartamentalized/organized my trash, at the end of the day, i still have the same amount of garbage in my car...

and then it hit me like a ton of bricks...perhaps i still have the same amount of garbage in my heart...perhaps i am good at making myself look shiny on the outside, and rearranging my trash so that it isn't really bothering anyone...not even myself...but it's still there taking up space. Hmm...it's just a thought.

"He who wants to keep his garden tidy, doesn't reserve a plot for weeds." - dag hammarskjold
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