I was working out in the gym, and went to go into the steam room. Even though it’s a male-only steam room, there’s a new policy which requires wearing swimwear, or something like it. What to wear? How about a pair of wicking undershorts that I bought for bike riding and hiking. I put these on, enjoyed the steam room, came out and realized that I now had to wash an extra pair of undershorts. I wasn’t happy about wasting the resources to do this. As I went into the shower, I realized that I could use the underwear as a washcloth. In this way, I could clean the undershorts, clean myself and avoid having to wash the shorts later.

After a few seconds deliberation, I soaped up the undershorts, rinsed them out quickly, soaped them up again and took a shower using them as a washcloth. Not bad. When I was done, I wrung out the washcloth, put it inside my towel, went up and hung up my newly-cleaned underwear to dry.

Pretty good, and I owe it all to reading a book that made the point that each adversity should be viewed as an opportunity.

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