"It seems to me that there are very few organizational issue that can't be solved if a mom gives time to them. If your child's room is cluttered, you are the only one who knows the size of the bedroom, the closet, the other furniture in that room.  If you were to spend a day working in that room, looking at it, and praying for a solution to the particular clutter difficulties, you could probably come up with great ideas.

What organizational issues are coming between you and a meek and quiet spirit? Let us face them, with the Lord's help, and overcome them."

-Teri Maxwell, Homeschooling with a Meek and Quiet Spirit

Teri has a different response to peace robbing clutter.  Where others try to convince us to learn to accept and live with mess and its accompanying upset, she gently urges us to take 30 minutes a day to restore peace by simply removing it.  30 minutes.  No more.  Little by little we can create order from chaos. Not with militant vigor but with quiet persistance.

We might not be able to solve all the outside challenges in life head on.  But we can enable ourselves and our families to meet them with grace and strength. Visual white space helps create space in our heads for clearer thinking.   

It might seem counterproductive to sweep, to box toys, and to clear counters when the tempo of life increases.  As the years go by it becomes more clear to me that this is exactly the best response.

Steady quiet work and prayer.  Keep rooting out the peace robbers.