#cleaning

When you break something, is your first impulse to throw it away? Or do you repair it but feel a sadness because it is no longer "perfect"? Whatever the case, you might want to consider the way the Japanese treated the items used in their tea ceremony. Even though they were made from the simplest materials... these teacups and bowls were revered for their plain lines and spiritual qualities. There were treated with the utmost care, integrity and respect. For this reason, a cup from the tea ceremony was almost never broken. When an accident did occur and a cup was broken, there were certain instances in which the cup was repaired with gold. Rather than trying to restore it in a what they would cover the gace that it ahad been broken, the cracks were celebrated in a bold and spirited way. The thin paths of shining gold completely encircled the ceramic cup, announcing to the world that the cup was broken and repaired and vulnerable to change. And in this way, its value was even further enhanced. ↗

— Gary Thorp

#home #zen-buddhism #change

It’s time for a spring cleaning of your thoughts, it’s time to stop to just existing it’s time to start living. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#living #spring-cleaning #thoughts #experience

I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me. ↗

— Willie Aames

#big #big movie #cleaning #day #god

When you make something, cleaning it out of structural debris is one of the most vital things you do. ↗

— Christopher Alexander

#debris #make #most #out #something

Sometimes in this country, we don't focus a lot on people's experience and their resume. Mitt Romney would be the most experienced executive to be nominated since 1952. The fundamental task for the next president is going to be fixing things, cleaning things up, being a turnaround artist, if you will. ↗

— Artur Davis

#being #cleaning #country #executive #experience

I've always had the impression that real militants are like cleaning women, doing a thankless, daily but necessary job. ↗

— Francois Truffaut

#cleaning #daily #doing #had #i

The cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#done #get #go #happy #i

The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output. ↗

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

#by the time #cleaning #i #out #output

Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#ethnic #help #immigrants #more #our

I'm always happy when I'm cleaning, and besides, I had just found out that I was going to have a baby. ↗

— Peggy Lee

#baby #besides #cleaning #found #going