Whether it’s cleaning or anything else you’re practicing, when things don’t go as planned, we often think, “I must be doing it wrong,” or, “It’s not going well because I’m not doing it properly.”

When your English conversation skills haven’t improved for a long time, you start to think, “Maybe I should change my teacher.”
When your diet isn’t helping you lose weight, you wonder, “Maybe my exercise routine is wrong.”
When your child doesn’t seem to enjoy studying, you start to question, “Maybe this school isn’t a good fit.”

Whenever things aren’t going smoothly, we tend to start thinking about how to solve the problem or take action to break through the situation.

But, how about pausing for a moment?
This is because when you’re experiencing something not going well, there’s actually something very important being presented to you.
In cleaning, the most important thing is to focus on what’s happening inside you right now.

So, maybe you’re studying English to clean with the frustration, sadness, or lack of confidence you feel when things aren’t going well with your efforts to become fluent.
Or perhaps you’re working hard to exercise and achieve your goal of becoming healthy, but what you truly need is to clean with the feelings of self-deprecation or pain that arise through the process.

What’s always necessary is not the outcome but first cleaning with the experience you’re having at the moment.
By erasing the memories through cleaning, you can realize the perfect form of communication or health that’s right for you.

If you’re working hard at something “properly” right now, why not take a moment to pause and reflect on what you’re being made to experience?