Dry Clean Only

I recently attended a presentation by a feng shui practitioner.  It had a good news/bad news effect.  Coupled with the "Spring Cleaning" bacteria that infects my psyche at this time of year, my house and possessions were in trouble.

Being the type of cleaner that I am, living by the motto, "After four years it doesn't get any worse," I approached my cleaning enthusiasm cautiously, starting with a few simple areas.  But finally, I had to face my nemesis.  Namely, my bathroom.

Although the above mentioned room is sanitary, if you don't count dust bunnies, the room had one irksome cleaning dilemma.   The shower curtain, which in spite of it's beauty, had collected a bit of soap scum on one of its corners.  Aside from that it hangs there in all its glorious gold and cream brocade, sporting a little tag that says, "Dry Clean Only."  And so you ask, who would be the idiot to purchase a dry clean only shower curtain.  Guilty as charged.

Realizing that I was unwilling to live any longer with the soaped up corner, and also unwilling to take a shower curtain to the dry cleaners, I grit my teeth and threw the shower curtain into the washer, wishing it the best of luck.  The worst case scenario would be a ruined curtain which would allow me to shop for a new one.  There are worse things in life.  Magically, however, the shower curtain came out of the washer in pristine condition.  Soap scum gone, fabric unscathed. 

Isn't that the way it goes.  Sometimes we live with irksome conditions, unwilling to take a chance and ask that simple question, "What's the worst thing that could happen?"   Armed with this success, the rest of my rooms, and perhaps other parts of my life, are in for some makeovers.  My new question is, "What's the best thing that could happen?"