Life Can Be Messy

When you try to make a gourmet dinner in a tiny kitchen, life can be messy. 

When your kids have posters to make and science experiments to do, life can be messy. 

When the laundry gets put off because there just aren't enough hours on laundry day, life can be messy. 

When your paycheck is late, but the bills arrive in your mailbox right on time, life can be messy. 

When you're looking for work at a rate that seems far too often, life can be messy. 

When you're trying to cover all the bases yourself, life can be messy. 

When you're juggling more balls than you can possibly keep in the air gracefully, life can be messy.

When you unwrap a gift, life can be messy. 

When you eat an ice cream sundae, life can be messy.

When you give your kids some independence, life can be messy.

When you're trying to teach, or trying to learn, life can be messy.

When you put yourself out on a limb, life can be messy.

When you let yourself become emotionally involved, life can be messy. 

When you allow your life to include both celebrations and disappointments, life can be messy. 

When you leave yourself open for exciting things to happen, life can be messy. 

When you encourage the new, rather than being stuck in the old, life can be messy.

I used to think that I was striving for neat, and maybe sometimes I am. But maybe, just maybe, a little messy is actually a good thing.