"...he sees not how a house could be either built without a builder, or kept in repaire without a house-keeper....[f]or preservation is a Creation; and more, it is a continued Creation, and a creation every moment." -- George Herbert, The Country Parson
This is useful to me, as a reminder that when I can't be writing, or making art, or otherwise building something, that it is at least as useful to be doing laundry, dishes, cleaning the bathroom. I have a hard time investing value in housework, but perhaps this way of looking at it will help.
