The best way to deal with tarnish is not to let it develop, the easiest way to do that is use it regularly.  Frequent handling dramatically cuts the development of tarnish. ~ Silver Magpies

Why would I use silver?
Sure, it’s pretty, and I’ve had it…
lots of it…for more than forty years.
But who wants to polish it?

Why would I want to spend the time
to really learn to pray, to practice,
to make it a habit, to put it high…
highest?…on my list of things to do?

It’s not that big a deal, having the tools
needed to live. Cleaning silver
happens only occasionally
if you use it and don’t set it aside
for years at a time, putting it off
when you might put it on the table
because it needs to much work.
Just use it. Regularly. It’s not
that big a deal.

We may want rules, but we don’t need them.
We know how to pray, to meditate,
to have a closer walk with God.
There are no rules, no rights, no wrongs.
Just do it, an everyday habit,
a comfortable pattern, something of beauty…