“I am never five minutes into stripping the clutter from my life before I start running into the clutter that is my life.”

— Robert Brault

Clutter says a lot about us.

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  Clutter? Or evidence that we live with some pretty awesome, if slightly messy, kids?

  Dirty dishes are evidence of hunger averted.

• A heap of magazines is evidence of literacy.
• An umbrella in a corner is evidence of shelter.
• A remote control on the carpet is evidence of technology.
• Piles of paper are evidence of gainful employment.
• Game pieces on the window sill are evidence of laughter and community.
• And mounds of shoes are evidence of children, whom you love.

We may not like clutter, but it reveals how much we really have.

Yesterday’s gift of time … Did the dishes. Evidence that we ate well.