Today I'd like to share something that I find very inspirational. In the interstices of my day, I often like to procrastinate by looking at reels on facebook, or shorts on youtube. And recently I stumbled across a series that just stopped me in my tracks.
We've read about crisis cleaners, probably everyone has seen an episode of Hoarders and so on. But this woman does FREE cleans for houses that... well, can't be described. Most of the ones I have seen started out actually looking like a garbage tip. Or even worse. And this woman goes in there and fixes it up into a beautiful, clean state - for NOTHING. She even replaces things like mattresses, in some of the ones I've seen she provided a whole lot of electrical appliances. And it is all done free. And when she has finished and it is all sparkling and pristine, she doesn't stop there. She adds little gifts. Nice things for the bathroom, scented soaps and so on. A pretty rug for the kitchen. Little homely touches to make the client feel cherished.
I don't know how or why this woman got started on this but I have to say I find her absolutely inspirational. I've struggled with clutter in my own house for a long, long time. And today, I am saying, Enough. Enough rooms that just never look tidy, no matter what I do, because there is just no room to put everything away. Enough wasting of things I never use or even look at, when someone else could be enjoying them. Enough energy drained by the presence of clutter. Yes, it does drain your energy. And your health. It's so easy to keep a really uncluttered house dust-free. And I've let the sheer magnitude of the clutter overwhelm me for far too long. But if this woman can clean up something like this, I can do it.
Here is the video that inspired me today. It's amazing and beautiful. Just the fact that a person wants to spend her life doing this for others is one of the most beautiful things I've seen this year.
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