You’ve got to get messy to grow.

Sulfuric acid is in some strong cleaners; it can be used to clean things.  However, it can also be very destructive, and things cannot grow in it. 

If we want to grow and create, we need to be willing to be messy and dirty instead of just trying to make everything clean.  

“Clean” can feel safe and sometimes more palatable.  

But at what price? 

It can be messy to listen to and even consider the viewpoints of those that just seem plain wrong to us.  

But, what if we listen and consider?  

It feels uncomfortable.  

It can feel like we are endorsing things we feel are wrong.

But does it have to mean we endorse just because we listen? 

I am striving to be better with discomfort and messiness, because what we can create from that might be beautiful.