Ash (Apr. 17)

Recent eruptions of a volcano in Iceland has sent large amounts of ash and steam into the atmosphere. The continuous eruption over an extended amount of time seems to be rather interesting and most unique in recent history. There are certain pictures of the ash from this eruption that are simply amazing. One video clip shows a truck in Iceland driving down a presumably paved roads but the reality is that it looks more like he is driving down a dirt road. Ash is this by product of the burning heat and is something that we see in simple things like a campfire. It is something that is unwanted but something that seems like we do not know what to do with it. There isn't even a really good answer as to how we get rid of it. It seems that there are things in life that create layers of ash over who we are. Years and years of work at a job that we do not like change us into someone other than who we are. Sure there is still the shape of who we are and maybe even visible specks of the real us where the ash has failed to settle. But what if we knew how to get rid of the simple ash that covers our life? If there was a simple way to wash ourselves and become who we really are. In everyday life we shower daily to get the dirt and ash off of our bodies, but what about the figurative ash that covers who we really are?