When the Dust Settles

When The Dust Settles

We have been recovering from

fixing our foundation issues.

Before the workers arrived

We spent several days removing

Sorting, storing and covering.

What wasn't moved -

We covered with tarps.

Looks like it would work, right?

Covering what you want protected

Covering what you don't want dusty.

Yesterday,  I removed the tarps.

I rolled them from the bottom up.

I was amazed how they were so full of dust.

Under the tarps - although not as thick

There was still a thin layer covering everything!

We thought it was a good process 

Dust still filtered through!

 I took the tarps outside and rinsed them

I found both sides were covered in dust

Both sides needed cleaned

Which was more work!

As I was working - 

I thought about what happens -

"after the dust settles"

When things calm down

When stress is less

When you can breath a sigh of relief.

As the tarps showed me

There will still be some dust

That sneaks through

That will need extra cleaning.

Life experiences 

are similar

You have a relationship fail

There is dust that is still left behind

Maybe the brokenness is healed

However, 

Fragments of memories still remain

 

Losing a friend or family member

There is dust that is left behind

The loss is slowly less painful

Fragments of memories still remain.

 Sometimes, when we wait to do 

something we want 

or need to do

We will say we will do it

'When the dust settles"

 

I'll call you - 

when the dust settles'

I'll see you -  

when the dust settles

I'll make that huge change -

 - when the dust settles

 

The problem with this thought process

Is you are only procrastinating!

Does the dust really ever

completely 'settle'?

 

Procrastination:

Delaying facing something

Delaying facing what scares you

Delaying having that confrontation

Delaying the hard stuff

 

Dust is sometimes 

so fine that you can't see the single grains

 it takes

 multiple grains 

to really see the dust

 

Healing is the same way.

It takes multiple approaches

It takes some 

cleansing as well.

 

Whatever is happening 

In your world...

Let the dust settle -

Because we all need

 a short pause

 

Don't stay

In procrastination 

Mode!

 

Clean it up

 Wipe it out

 Definitively 

Move on!!

 In reality:

The dust never

Completely 

'Settles'!

 

Be blessed!

DarleneBl