There is a book phenomenon making the rounds.
Sells lots of copies.
Has a sequel out now.
She’s a speaker, a CEO, a ‘mogul’.
There are over 11,000 reviews of the book on Amazon.
(WOW!)
I have not read the book.
Maybe I would like it.
I don’t know.
I do know I like the title.
I have no idea,
really,
what it means to her and her readers.
Her work of improving your life,
being a success,
change the way you think,
believe in yourself;
It sounds good, but not good enough to make me read it to understand the title.
But that won’t stop me from writing about it.
To me- wash your face means taking off the artificial.
Removing the stuff that stops you/others from seeing you, warts and all.
To me- wash your face means getting prepared.
Cleansing yourself.
Focusing on the essential.
To me- wash your face, is doing just the essential.
Maybe it’s part of what my gramma called a ‘sponge bath’.
A hasty dab and go.
Out the door and getting things done.
To me- wash your face is removing the film that clouds your own perception of the truth.
Maybe it is also about removing the log in your own eye before pointing out the speck in your neighbors.
Better to wash your face in preparation to get to work than wash your hands in denial.
There was another Christian author that I recall from the 70s.
Sheila Walsh, maybe?
No, I don’t think so.
Joyce something?
I can’ t remember.
But I do recall that it was very controversial in the strict conservative circles that she said it was a good thing for women to wear makeup.
She said (paraphrase because: the 70s have been a minute ago)
If the barn needs painting you paint it.
(The 70s minced no words, y’all)
Artifice!
Deceit!
Man, wouldn’t the 70s have been blown away by Ulta?
By Sephora?
Buy I found comfort in that.
You do what you do.
Make yourself feel better.
Confident.
Go on and use the primer/foundation/concealer/blush.
Hit up the eye shadow/contouring/bronzer.
But when you go to sleep.
When you prepare to take on a new day.
When you want to kick back and be YOU: wash your face.
Those that love you won’t run away.
(This post is part of the #31DaysOfWritingChallenge2019 )
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