How often have you heard “Cleanliness is next to godliness”? That seems a little extreme, doesn’t it? Cleanliness, not kindness or compassion? That’s ridiculous, right? But the fact remains that so many people see someone who’s messy and make all sorts of assumptions about that person—about their life, about their personality, about their ethics, even about their worth. We need to learn to separate the state of our homes from our feelings of worth. Having a clean home doesn’t make you a better person.
