Dirty Laundry

A  couple moved into an old neighborhood.  The next morning while they were eating breakfast, Mildred saw her neighbor hanging  laundry on the clothesline outside. “That laundry is not very clean.  It looks dingy.  Looks to me, that woman doesn’t even know how to wash clothes correctly!” Mildred said, with a humph.  “At least my laundry isn’t grungy-looking!” Her husband looked up from his breakfast.  He said nothing.  Every time the neighbor hung her wash out to dry, Mildred made the same comments.   By this time, William had become complacent with his wife’s continual comments over one thing or another. Read More

Deepest Desire

When we let worldly desires drive us to satisfy our deepest desires for the moment at hand, we scatter our energy to the wind.  It could be compared to chasing after perfection in a fallen world which makes as much sense as trying to swat a gnat  when there’s a lion in the room ready to pounce.