May 12th, 2010 | 
Author: The fuzzy feel of the U-shaped rug under your bare toes on a chilly morning? The inviting lineup of pastel soaps on a pretty shelf above the sink? The feel of hot water pounding your back after a full day of work? Maybe you like saturating your clean skin with moisturizer and your clean hair with satiny conditioner.
My favorite part is tuning out the world in the rush and splash of a full-on shower. Working from a home office, I often take midday showers as a break from the shoulder and eye strain of sitting at a computer hour after hour. Sometimes I enjoy a shower just before a yoga class or before meeting a friend for dinner. At other times I shower in the morning as revitalization for another day of writing and editing or late at night to warm up before jumping into bed in a wintry cold room.
In any case, I never take bathing for granted. Surrounded by the warmth of a lovely room or in a cold-water concrete shower in a camp in the Middle East, bathing has been and will continue to be for me a special space in the day. The bathroom remains a place for me to be enchanted with my own body and a reminder of my connection to what the human race has always known—that cleanliness is relaxing and healing and that it purifies my soul as well as my flesh.
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