Cleanliness is Next to Godliness
…So the first thing I did during the holy week break was clean my room. 
While cleaning my room I had several realizations:
1) I am a “sentimental basurera“. I try to keep everything, all the trash things that I can put meaning to. I realize that it’s nice to look back and remember things, but I don’t always need another dust collector to remind myself about it.
2) My room reflects my state of mind. When I’m preoccupied with something, busy or worried, my room is usually a mess. When I start cleaning up, I’d become more focused and relaxed about things. It’s also not impossible though that it’s the other way around, all the disorder in my room prevents me from having decent rest, which leads to a tired, confused state of mind the next day.
The first two realizations led me to realization number 3, my take on why cleanliness is really next to godliness. 
Everyday our we get little knick-knacks from the hustle and bussle of our lives. We take home smiles, nice conversations over coffee, and great accomplishments from work. But we also can’t avoid that long line at the MRT, the bad news we see on the newspaper, or our long list of tasks to do that wouldn’t end. At the end of the day most of us would have brought home problems for dinner and worry, worry, worry.
Sometimes we don’t notice that our hearts and minds get filled with so much clutter that we forget the right things to do. Instead of meaningful reflection, we dwell on emotional trash and life’s excess baggage. We forget what’s really important in our lives and sometimes even forget to pray.
Cleanliness is next to godliness, but it is a clean heart and mind that would make us closer to God.
April 12th, 2009 at 1:25 am
Your holy week cleanup surely did inspire me to do the same! Now I have a cleaner room, too.
And yes, a clean ambiance surely leads to a clear mind and a gentle heart — just about what we need for a deep relationship with God.
April 12th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
weeee happy easter
I actually clean my room last week
hehehe
so sad i was working even on Holy week
April 12th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
@markku: good! we both have cleaner rooms now
i think during the holy week, most of my reflection was done going through my stuff and memories 
@nash: thanks for dropping by. happy easter too! i guess a lot of people took advantage of the break to catch up on work or clean their rooms.
but yeah, sad that you’re also one of those who had to drop by their offices to work during the break.