Dirty Worldview

Our dishwasher received quite a workout over the holidays. Not just us because I read a column by Mary Hunt over the last week on how to properly care for and use a dishwasher. I thought I had a very good method of rinsing dishes before putting them in. I thought that was a step toward cleaner dishes.

I was wrong.

Ms. Hunt said to only rake off chunks of food and put dirty dishes in the dishwasher. This was because the soap was designed to release its full effect after interaction with the grease and grime. Putting mostly clean dishes in meant not very clean results.

Imagine: To get the cleanest dishes out of a dishwasher, one must put very dirty dishes in. We use the phrase, "counter-intuitive" for situations like this. What that really means is giving ourselves a break on being ignorant.

Don't let the rigidity of your worldview keep you from learning.

Tis the Season

"Feel good stories" like Dickens' A Christmas Carol are treasured for generations because they touch a spot in us that we like touched. That is to see social justice carried out. The Blind Side movie is another example. Social justice makes for great storytelling and inspires us to look for examples of social in-justice in our sphere of influence and do what we can to change it.