Theme: Determination

The closet tidiness

Caroline was late. Her family was already ready to leave. They would go to the movies and didn't want to be late and miss the start of the movie.

- Come on, Carol - called her mother again - What's going on? - she asked, getting into her daughter's bedroom.

- I wanted to go with my silver tiara. I'm trying to find it. I know where it is. It's here somewhere - replied the girl, rummaging through a lot of objects in a drawer.

Her mother tried to help. She quickly opened other drawers and the wardrobe doors, but it was all so messed up and there were too many things piled up that she gave up.

They couldn't take any longer and Caroline had to go without her tiara.

The tour was great. Everyone really liked the movie.

But when they got home, Caroline's mother had a conversation with her.

She asked her daughter to tidy up her closet. It was necessary to separate the clothes and objects that were no longer used and put away the ones she still wears. The closet was filled with so much stuff and everything was so mixed up that the clothes were wrinkled, and the objects could not be found.

Caroline agreed that it was not possible to continue like that and said that she would do the cleaning the next day.

The other day Carol was willing to solve that problem, but when she opened the closet doors and saw the mess, she didn't even know where to start.

She even picked up some objects but felt that the desk in her room also needed care. So, she took a cloth and cleaned the table and chair well, top to bottom, threw some papers away, tidied up the books and her diary that were there and thought it looked great.

When she was finishing her mother came into the room and saw what she was doing.

- All right, daughter, I see you're excited to tidy up your room today. Good job, girl.

Later the mother came back again and saw that the girl had made the bed well. She had changed the bedspread that covered the bed and placed one that matched a pillow, making the bed look nice.

- Your room is looking beautiful, daughter, but you've been tidying for a long time and haven't even started what really needs to be done - she said.

Caroline agreed and said she would do. But after almost an hour her mother entered the room and saw the girl lying on the bed, distracting herself reading a comic book.

- Daughter, what about the closet? - she asked.

- Come on, mom, I'm going to rest a little. I've already tidied up a lot.

- Carol, do you know what's going on? You're having trouble tidying your closet up because there is so much stuff and so much mess that has in it. So, you have done similar things, but didn't face the real problem.

- I think that's what has happened - Caroline said sadly - I don't know what to do. I don't think it fits everything I have. I don't know how to separate things. I tried to start, but I didn't know what to do to get it right.

– No one born with knowledge of how to do everything. Come on, I'll help - said the mother, caring.

She brought a box and a trash bag into the room.

- Daughter, you'll do it like this: get each piece from the closet and think if you still want to keep it. If you are still going to wear or use it, put it on top of the bed to be organized at the end and put away again along with other pieces of the same type.

- If you're not going to use it anymore, but it's still good to be worn by someone else, put it in this box and we'll later donate to someone - she continued - and if the object or clothes no longer fit for you or for anyone, it will be thrown away and, in that case, put it in this bag.

Caroline understood what she had to do and started the cleaning, which took a long time. But it was worth it. Carol was surprised by the things she found. After sorting everything out as her mother had taught her, she returned things to the closet, into categories, what she was still going to keep. She got everything right and, despite the work it was, she was very satisfied.

A lot of people don't know, but the kind of situation that happened to Caroline happens to them too.

Many times in life, we face difficulties. But we need to face problems firmly, ask for help if necessary and resolve each situation once and for all.

Sometimes we get involved in other tasks and we can even do good things, but we shouldn't put off what needs to be done.

Cleaning the closet was a good opportunity for Caroline to learn this important lesson.

Translation:
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