Silk Purses Sow's Ears

I wonder if you are like me fixing things up. I don't mean just making repairs. Anyone can take something apart and put it together again. Sometimes there are  a few nut or bolts left over. Amazing to see that something worked with the redundant pieces in place. Rather are you like me in finding something in a junk shop and pulling it apart and making something far better than the original?

It is a little bit like life. Bits and pieces around us are redundant and useless. We throw those out and we start to refine ourselves adding something to our existence and polish away a few habits. At the end we find ourselves happier and on more solid ground. The silk purse is far more attractive and the sow's ear we started with becomes something worth forgetting.

In the path to explore and create happiness I guess the task of self refinement and clearing up the mess around our lives does make us happy. Clarity balance and space seem to me to epitomise the way. Doing the work is what creates the state of being happy. Not doing the work has us reverting back to the crude pig's ear. This becomes the plaything of puppies and indulgent dog owners. Metaphorically speaking we need to know who are the dogs, the puppies and the indulgent dog owners who play about with our 'sow's ears'. Knowing who they are or what they are is of little help if we want to move forward. Knowing does make us feel a little more comfortable and slightly paranoid.

There we are, looking for the next task, looking for the next piece of ourselves to refine. Strange to say we don't have to look too far. Just listen to other people they have already told you what needs to be done. You know what has to be completed. Yes you can fix things. However everything doesn't need to be fixed. Somethings need to be thrown away and abandoned for others to sort out. Not all sow's ears can become silk purses. You select. You choose. You start.