Our kitchen cabinets are a whitish-cream colour and the cabinet knobs are white plastic ones. The previous owners had presumably put them on... and they weren't really doing much for us. Plus, some of them were loose and no matter how much you tried to tighten them, they were still loose. Some were even cracked.
The other day we went out and actually bought some new brushed-nickel knobs... enough for the kitchen and the bathroom cabinets! The bathroom cabinets still have the 1970s handles on them! Anyhow... we started to take off the white knobs and their looseness was immediately explained. Whoever put them on used wood screws... which aren't meant for this sort of thing... and which really just mangle the inside of a plastic knob! Replacing all of the old white knobs went quite quickly and at the end of it, we have a much nicer looking kitchen! It's amazing what a few pieces of hardware can do... just a small thing, and yet it makes a huge difference. And all of it cost less than $100!
Which makes me think.... in our own lives, how often do we get by with things, and avoid making a few tiny changes that can have a significant impact on our lives? Not necessarily external changes... but internal changes... What little old things do we hang onto, even they are loose and not helping us, and serving no real purpose? Maybe it's attitudes we have or beliefs we have. The way we think about certain people. The way we believe that life is treating us.
What would happen if we started to make a few small changes and replace some of those out-dated thoughts with something different?
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