Yes, roll up your shirtsleeves
get to work
but not before
you’ve spent sufficient time
in stillness,
alone with your desires,
listening to what feels right
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Only you know
what’s best for you
Only you can ensure
your deepest needs are met
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Yes, get busy
doing what needs doing,
Yet be sure your doing
comes from you
not the flippancy of external pressures,
designed to make you feel
you must do
without question
or reflection
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If you’re able to do this –
slow down,
really listen to yourself –
you’ll discover
how much of your life
is not yours
and how much of it
you could do without
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When this becomes clear
let your DOing
be the elimination of everything
not born from your center,
and the pursuit of all that IS
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Only then can you
be content with your life
as it is
You are the author
not the powerless consumer
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