Don't Get Lost in the Give Away Pile

Some Pre-Pesach Musing from a Floridian Philosopher.

~~~~~


You ever read the book,
"It started with a doormat"?
Great story.
I read it to my little cousins once,
and after i finished,
I read it to myself again.

In case you didnt I'll give u the 411.
Its about a mother, who notices one day
that she needs a new doormat.
As soon as she replaces the doormat
she realizes that the door doesnt look too impressive.
They would need to change it, or paint it at the least.

Sooner or later, they are redoing the gardens,
the carpets, painting the interior and exterior of the house...
Everything is finally redone.
Brand new.
Spanking clean.
Gleaming.

The family hosts a party,
and their happy to do so in their new shining,
spectacular house with the fabulous welcome mat.
The party is great and all the guests leave.
As the mother sees out the last of the guest,
she stares down to the floor,
and thinks to herself,
wow i really need a new doormat!

Aside from being an adorable story..
It got me thinking today.
Sometimes we notice something isnt right.
We dont like the way we reacted to something
So we go on a " I must change rampage "
And so we start scouting through our bank of faults and pull out everything..
and sooner or later,
we have driven ourselves in a rut.
We reminded ourselves that we arent as good as we think,
And now were sitting in a ditch unwilling to move.
To sad to acknowledge the wonderful qualities we do have.
So there is a lesson I think,
Everything has time and place.
With pesach around the bend,
all the cleaning, and cleaning out closets,
pulling out those not such great stuff,
the clothes that dont fit ; the traits that dont fit.
Dont get carried away.

Dont get lost in the give away pile.

-cflg

~~~~~

- note from blogger.
this thought is so true.
and so happy to share with others who would most definitely benefit from the lesson...
ahem soldier.
:)
c