IS IT REALLY DIRTY LAUNDRY?

WORKOUT WEDNESDAY

A Midweek Spiritual Workout with 

Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin

IS IT REALLY DIRTY LAUNDRY?

A young, successful couple found their dream home. Shortly after purchasing it, the couple sat at their kitchen table to indulge in a delicious breakfast. The wife looked out the window, and to her surprise, she saw her neighbor hanging dirty laundry on the clothesline. “That laundry isn’t clean, it’s still dirty!” she said to her husband. “Someone needs to teach her a thing or two when it comes to washing her clothes!”

A couple of days later, the couple sat down at their kitchen table for another meal. The wife saw her neighbor hanging clothes on the clothesline. But this time something was different. “Wow, look!” the surprised wife said to her husband, “Her clothes are clean! Someone must have taught her how to do her laundry.”

Without raising his head from his plate, the husband kindly responded, “Actually, honey, I got up early this morning and washed the window.”

If our windows are dirty, will we see others as dirty too. What we see in others is indeed a reflection of our inner selves! So it is with life that what we see when watching others depends on the cleanliness of the window through which we look. It is easy for us to condemn, to discuss other people, their lives & things that really don’t even concern us and we tend to forget – our windows may not be that clean after all! If we are good, we will see good in others. And even if we do see bad in others, we will respond with love.

Adapted from www.wisdomshare.com