Clean or Dirty

Here it is..the ultimate question. Should one be clean or dirty? Should one have dirt on their hands and body, or avoid such soilings?

The question is more complex than it appears. In order to stay clean, one must avoid turmoil, avoid work, avoid impure actions and thoughts to keep the body and soul pristine. But, can one risk being dirty? But then, one could argue that you cannot be clean without first being dirty, as if the acts which dirty onesself inevitably lead to a cleaner person.

I would say that one ought to be both, a little clean..and a little dirty. But then, that's the sort of person that I am - I compromise. I choose the middle road. You must dirty your hands to accomplish anything, but too much dirt will weight down your accomplishments and your life. Avoiding the dirt of life is just a way of hiding - and i'm not much for hiding. One cannot truly live so long as they hide - and so you must get a little dirty.

What do you think? Clean or dirty?

Yeah, I know..i'm a strange little duck.