A friend came over the other day and while she was at my house, she used the bathroom. Later, I mentioned that a book I’m reading about cleaning and organizing was making me feel lousy about my own less-than-stellar housekeeping.
I was completely shocked when she replied, “Well, every time I come to your house, your bathroom is spotless. How about not cleaning it once in a while, so I don’t feel so bad about my house?”
What? That’s crazy. I awkwardly shrugged off the comment, admitting that I had cleaned a little bit earlier in the day, but it was no big deal.
Later that night I walked into the bathroom and I had to chuckle. When I looked into that tiny room, I saw cat hair on the baseboards, an empty toilet paper roll sitting on the counter, a stray ponytail holder sitting on the sink and more water spots and toothpaste splatters than I could count.
That’s when it hit me: We see what we want to see.
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Hope you don’t mind, but I’m writing a post with a small excerpt from your post at (in)courage, then I’m providing a link to the full post. It was just too awesome for me not to share, because I had a strikingly similar experience to your bathroom situation last night. :)
Love this post. Thanks for it!
Hi Mary! When I saw this picture, I knew I had to comment. Your bathroom is identical to mine! Same floor. wall tile, and tub! I looked at your about page and we live “near” each other. It could have been the same builder – who knows! I did enjoy the post. Thanks for sharing.