Count Your Blessings #78 – Clean Clothes

I went out to the gym this morning before starting work. I don’t shower at the gym, so got back wonderfully sweaty and just a little smelly (I seem to be sweating a lot more than I used to).

On arriving at home, I jumped into the shower for a wash. When I got out of the shower I put on clean clothes. This wasn’t a special occasion, putting on clean clothes is something I do quite regularly (too regularly for the washing machine sometimes).

We have a saying in our household: “You can tell how good a day it’s been by the state of your clothes”. Muddy clothes symbolise a great day. We are fortunate to be able to make such a statement. We don’t worry about messy clothes because they can soon made made clean again.

Just before we went on holiday our washing machine broke down and we had to rely upon the generosity of friends. Our friends were wonderfully generous, but it was still a hassle.

Now we have a new washing machine (7Kg load, no less) the hassle has been reduced significantly, but I wanted to remind myself that this situation is a luxury. So many people live in situations where such luxury is only a dream.