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Care instructions -- The laundry : to study the Way is to study oneself. Full basket : a life as told by laundry ; Handle with care : some shrinkage will occur ; Lights and darks : no whiter whites or brighter colors ; Toughest stains : getting out the traces of self ; Final rinse : wringing out what's left behind ; Spin cycle : changing the ending ; Hand wash cold : waking up to what it takes -- The kitchen : to study oneself is to forget oneself. Full sink : who made this mess? ; Broken glass : cracking the illusion of security ; Sanitize option : what children do not require ; Scrape or rinse : marriage on a plate ; Stacking up : and nothing to show for it ; The good dishes : the life we're saving for ; Ordinary life : love the world you wake up to -- The yard : to forget oneself is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things. Full house : no inside, no outside ; The sun : attention is love ; At hand : all the time in the world ; What dogs do : when an object no longer offends ; The hardest gone : the altar of impermanence ; A better place : taking the bus back home ; Making peace : knowing when to quit -- Airing dirty laundry