The Grace of a Guilt-Free Shower

Taking makes for better giving

Photo by Jared Erondu on Unsplash

I took a 15-minute shower today. Fifteen minutes! Outrageous. Indulgent. Unheard of for me. But sometimes, to sustain a meaningful habit, I have to break it for my own good.

The shower is where I do some of my best creative thinking. Either in the shower or in the yard pulling weeds. Ideas pop in. Sentences magically compose in my…