136 – Cleanliness is next to Godliness

Lynsey — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:21:48 +0000

I’m a desk-based worker these days. You don’t raise much of a sweat working at a desk. No drops of water forming on your forehead as you go through the daily grind. Droplets of blood, yes. Venom, perhaps, spat from your friendly spitting cobras/colleagues*. I’m on my way to work. I see these guys forming droplets of water on the old Town Hall, and probably on their foreheads as well. I’m thinking, “How cool is that?”

Unfortunately I was garbed up for office work, but I would’ve liked to have had a blast at cleaning one of those ornamental works. The old Town Hall always looks starched and well pressed, and I assume it is due to the efforts of these guys. I think it must be pretty satisfying to clean off a few months/years of pigeon poop, dirt, and dust to reveal the beautiful detailing underneath. Up there, next to god.

* please note, my colleagues are not spitting cobras at all. Any similarities are purely coincidental.

Manifesto
03. Every day is an opportunity to reflect on the past.
14. Every day the ordinary can be the extraordinary.
33. Every day try something new.

028 – 1 in 5

Lynsey — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:07:37 +0000

When I was doing my masters I had a bit of a hissy fit with one of my professors over one of my research projects. See, I believed that we were running out of fresh water and it was only going to be a matter of time before the first shots would be fired in the first water war. Ahhh, to be young and know it all again. Of course the fact that 1 in 5 people don’t have fresh water to drink today doesn’t serve to prove my theory. And I didn’t get my hard sought A+ as well – probably because I fought back.

Today was the first work day of daylight saving – I was pretty excited about getting home in sunlight. When the alarm fired up at up at 5:30 this morning – and I could hear the rain on the roof – that’s not exactly an action enhancing combination. I fought back again – I really wanted to just cozy up and snore off again. You’ve probably been there yourself – it’s easier to stay in bed.

But you don’t. You get up, and you fire off into another day. You fight back against the weather and the pigeon poop, and you didn’t get your hard sought A+ as well.

But you fought. You make the effort. You show up. Participate. Engage as best you can. Even if you didn’t get your A+, you hope that tomorrow is a better, a fresh new day. Hang in there.

Manifesto
28. Every day you will be tested.
37. Every day fight for what’s worth fighting for. Pick your battles.
48. Every day there are things you can’t change. You can change the way you think about them and deal with them.

Fresh New Day» pigeon

136 – Cleanliness is next to Godliness

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