The Biblical account of Queen Esther has her spending months of time with beauty treatments before being chosen as queen. A year of spa treatment is what is sounds like! Fragrances, oils, and ointments were used to enhance her already-gorgeous features/skin.
Fast forward a few thousand years to me. I have a basket of "ointments and oils." There is no way I could use them all or that they would have the "Esther" effect anyway. They are still there, partly used, because they were gifts and I couldn't bear to waste so much. I'm lucky if I get through two bottles a winter.
I'm getting rid of my cache of beauty treatments, keeping only a couple, and will work on the inner beauty more "that comes from a quiet and gentle spirit." Having a more simplified lifestyle lends itself to being more gentle and quiet!
I'm still working on that quiet and gentle spirit...not easy! :)
ReplyDeleteToday I sorted through the stack of papers left in the printer - receipts of online purchases, coupons never used, etc. Cleared out a whole bunch of them. Just count things like this as one item and I'm now up to 923 for the year!