Ironing
by Gundula Welti
20 Feb 2021
Few people cry out: yippee, ironing!
This boring chore can eventually be improved by watching a television programme while doing it.
Sleeping on a creased sheet that’s straight out of the tumble dryer is not in the least bit appealing.
Our brain irons and tidies up every night. It smooths out, folds and stores all of our daily experiences to our internal hard drive.
We have two options to deal with a “crushed” relationship which annoys or upsets us: either we smooth things out or we put it to one side with the others that are piling up…and that we continue to keep an eye on.
The question is: do we still nurture the childlike hope that our creased washing will disappear by magic or do we have the courage to do something about it?