The Face Wash Theory

I have never gone a night without washing my face. Never. Even when I've had dibilitating migrains, I've somehow managed to wash my face. I think I've even managed to do it when I've been camping. I don't know why I'm so fanatical about it. Maybe it's habit, or maybe it's the thought of my pores being left to suffocate under the layers of dirt, oil and grime that have accumulated from the day's activities. And it feels so good to know that I'm keeping my skin healthy, nourished and clean.

Sometimes I'm so tired and I think, what's so bad about skipping just one day? But the better part of me says, "No. You've worked too long and hard to keep your skin healthy. You can't afford to skip a day. And if you skip tonight, whose to say you won't justify skipping tomorrow? And then one day after a month of not washing your face, you'll wake up to a mound of pimples lines and blemishes envading every pore and surface of your skin." The thought makes me shudder.

But you know what? I haven't been reading my scriptures every night. There is always some excuse or reason to justify not reading. Ironically, never does my mind consider what happens to my testimony and my spirituality when I skip a day of reading. Throughout the day I am bombarded with the dirt, oil and grime of the world. What better way to wash it all off than by reading my scriptures and cleansing my "spiritual skin"? Yet I've gone days without studying the scriptures. I am suffocating my testimony by not nourishing it daily and I am not working hard enough to keep my spirit healthy. I can't afford to skip one day. I don't want to wake up one day to discover a mound of spiritual pimples, lines and blemishes invading and clogging every surface of my spirit. The thought makes me shudder even more.

So now I am committed to reading and studying my scriptures every day...right after I wash my face.

-Mandie