This week my kitchen counter top has been covered with paint, papers, brushes, and drips … lots of drips. But I’d covered the surface with a sheet of plastic, so no harm done.
This morning, as I started to remove the plastic, I began with the side closest to me, which was also the most secure. The tape was under the lip of the counter, and pulled tight. I found myself ‘working at it’ … and then wondered why. “It’s just plastic, and tape, for heaven’s sake!”
I simply moved to a corner where the tape was easy to get to, and wasn’t pulled so tightly. It came off easily. I found myself being really gentle and intentional as I removed each strip of tape, leaving that ‘difficult’ piece for last. Of-course at that point, after the tension was released, and the plastic had been shifting around as I removed the other strips of tape, it practically fell off.
The good thing is that we usually get to choose which strip of tape we’re going to remove first.
Have a great day … and keep it simple ~
Love,
Gentleness!
yep ~ gentleness is a choice most of the time. If we choose it often-enough, perhaps it becomes habit, perhaps it becomes part of who we are and how we interact with our world.
I love this. Also the picture of the coffee mug!!! Awesome work there Jane!!
Thanks Patti ~ glad you like it. I like the mug, too … I used it in another post, Coffee Shop Chameleon, last October. 🙂