National spring cleaning day 201611/6/2023 Everything in the house is thoroughly cleaned, from the drapes to the furniture.Īnother possibility has been suggested that the origins of spring cleaning date back to the ancient Jewish practice of thoroughly cleansing the home in anticipation of the springtime festival of Passover (Pesach). Iranians continue the practice of khaneh tekani ( Persian: خانهتکانی literally "shaking the house") just before the Persian new year. Some researchers trace the origin of spring cleaning to the Iranian Nowruz, the Persian new year, which falls on the first day of spring. A person who gets their affairs in order before an audit or inspection could be said to be doing some spring cleaning. The term is also used metaphorically for any kind of heavy duty cleaning or organizing enterprise. In many cultures, annual cleaning occurs at the end of the year, which may be in spring or winter, depending on the calendar. The practice of spring cleaning is especially prevalent in climates with a cold winter. Spring cleaning is the practice of thoroughly cleaning a house in the springtime. JSTOR ( March 2016) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. We encourage you to start here.This article needs additional citations for verification. Our Jackson Home seeks to be a positive source of information in this community. When we’re finished, or even just when we see small victories in our community, that good look around, that first deep breath, will surely feel just as good as the one that filled my childhood lungs because this time it will fill our hearts. Some people don’t receive a smile all day. When you see someone who could use a little encouragement, be present and do something kind. When you read an article that makes you fearful, keep reading until you find one that gives you hope. I stopped blaming media for “reporting ‘bad’ news.” I stopped saying I was “too poor” to tithe because I was in college, or young, or saving up for something. I opened my eyes and picked up a newspaper. Who am I to suggest this? Who am I to ask you to consider putting away not only those winter blankets and sweaters but also those feelings of discontent and anger? I’m no one-just a young twenty-something in this town who has come up with every excuse I could think of to rid myself of feeling the burden of a broken world. Donate your time, those old clothes you cleaned out of your closet, money. What can I possibly do?” You can volunteer. I’m willing to bet that in the process of trying to do something, at least ten excuses for why you can’t will pop into your head. If you don’t like what is going on, do something about it. They do it so that the community stays informed of what is going on. They report on what exists, and they do it for you. Media wouldn’t be doing its job if it only reported on the positivity in the community. I’m not suggesting that all news is positive. Take a cue from the late great Michael Jackson and start with the man in the mirror. If you want to hear more positivity, share more positivity. You have to share that news instead of sharing the piece that doesn’t give you hope. It’s a community coming together to help a family in crisis. It’s WBBJ helping to call attention to the good that the city’s non-profits are doing. It’s the front page of The Jackson Sun honoring a fallen member of the law enforcement team. There is good to be found in the media you just have to look for it. All too often we hear or say, “I want to read good news everything in the media is so negative all the time.” “Where is the positivity? Everyone in this town is so negative.” “I don’t even bother to read the paper or watch the news anymore because I don’t want to be depressed.” Now, as I think about spring, I think maybe what we all need is a little cleaning-a fresh, new start. I remember the satisfaction she had knowing we had worked hard-and, I had to admit, that first deep (faintly lemon-scented) breath felt really good. She would place the cleaning rag and off-brand dusting spray in my tiny hands no matter how many times I insisted that the house was clean enough.We would scrub away the remnants of seasons past, and at the end of a (very) long day, we would be able to start over clean. One was a bright orange windbreaker my mother insisted I wear, and the other was spring cleaning. I remember as a little girl, there were two things that topped the list of my least favorites about spring.
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