From Under the Overpasses:

Every Monday in June and July a group of teenagers from a local camp come to the shelter to do a service project. I usually begin with a tour of the facilities and then turn their eager hands loose on a project. One young lady who is one of the camp counselors said to me on the tour, “You can read a person’s life by that person’s bedside table.” I was intrigued by what she meant by that. She said that she could learn everything she really needed to know about her campers by looking at their bedside essentials. “It’s the last things you lay down at night and the first thing you grab in the morning. It’s what is important to you in the middle of the night when you are alone.”

After you read the rest of this funny, touching, wonderful post you'll probably do exactly what I did - go look at what's on your bedside table. On mine? A stack of books I'm reading, a bible, 3 journals, 2 water bottles, an alarm clock blinking 12:00, CPAP machine, a plastic bag, a couple of pens, a bottle of shampoo. What can I say? I am a cluttered soul. On the Resident Love Goddess's side of the bed? Well, her table is a picture of elegant simplicity: alarm clock, lamp, a library book, a daily devotional, a small teddy bear.

What's on your bedside table?