One of the chores of living is laundry -- its collection, cleaning, ironing, hanging, collection, cleaning, ad infinitum. It's not a chore I enjoy, though I do enjoy wearing clean things. Lest I complain, however, I would do well to remember how countless millions live.Monday night I watched the first two installments of the new PBS series The Story of India. Time after time, the camera showed people and animals bathing and drinking and washing in a river. After wetting garments, women and men beat them and beat them against rocks or steps, agitating dirt from fabric.
From now on, I should try to see my chore as the tedious luxury it is.
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