"Dishes should not pile up!"

Saturday, December 9, 2006 12:29 AM

A Quickie: Dishes should not pile up!

I notice I have a lot of stress when I see dishes in the sink...so here we go...

Belief: Dishes should not pile up in the sink!

1. Is it true (the belief from above)?
No! There are always dishes in the sink! In piles! (When I argue with reality, I lose, but only 100% of the time...)

2. Can you absolutely know that it’s true?
(I don't need to ask this question if the answer to #1 is no...)

3. How do you react when you think that thought?
I hate the dishes. I avoid them. I get angry at Hubby for not doing them. I seem to do dishes all the time. It seems I make more dirty dishes because I avoid dishes period. And then they stack up.

Can you see a reason to drop that thought? (And please don’t try to drop it.)
Yes.

4. Who would you be without the thought?
I would be peaceful about the dishes and just do them. Or not. I would accept dirty dishes as a fact of life. Look, there they are. Dirty dishes.

Turn the thought around.
Dishes should pile up in the sink.
-Yes. They do.
Dishes should not pile up in my thinking.
Yes. This is true. I have way better things to spend my energy on. I have to go now...