I had a woman look at me all misty eyed and say to me, “There is something about a hot shower that just washes your cares away and sets you free. It cleanses your soul.”
Duuuuuhhh.
Come on. Is a shower really all that much of a mystery? Hmmm, what is this “something”? I call for an investigation. Watson! My eyeglasses! Let’s look at it. Break it down. Analyze.
Here are the key points:
1. Nakedness – in the shower you are in your purest form, stripped away from the make-up, the layer of clothes that makes you fit in or stand out, the pressures, the labels…. just human.
2. Water – people have been using water as a symbol of purity and cleanliness since …well God.
3. Quiet and Solitude – besides the occasional inappropriate behavior that takes away what I said in #2 and the personal concert to see if you can really hit a note like Mariah can, in the shower you are alone with your thoughts. This is the same reason why people say that the best ideas come to you when you are on the john or during hose moments right before you go to sleep – because you let yourself think. You know why some (not all, but some) people are so in love with being in nature, because of this same reason, you are alone with yourself! It IS something precious, to be alone with your thoughts, because in our super connected society, it is hard to come by.
So yes misty lady, there is beauty in a shower. You actually get to hang out with the amazing and beautiful machine that is the human brain. My hair is wet right now in fact and man wasn’t that one of my greatest ideas ever. I got it in my magic shower. *wink*