January 20-A, 2023

Being clear about who we are
in terms of our original nature
and innate virtues/traits/characteristics,
our specalities
and our interests--
and open to/aware of
each situation as it arises,
attuned to what is happening
and what is being called for,
positions us to be who we are
and to offer what is needed
out of the gifts and talents
we bring to the occasion.

We follow this situation up
with the same approach 
to every situation
that makes up a day,
a week,
a lifetime--
as we live to serve who we are
and what we have to offer
to the time and place of our living
throughout the time left to be lived.

This leaves no room for boredom,
aimlessness,
malaise, 
tedium
and nothing to do.

Noise,
complexity
and drama
are forces of destabilization
and loss of direction.

Emptiness, 
stillness
and silence
return us to
"the still point of the turning world,"
for reorientation 
and redirection,
helping us to remain on track,
aligned with the way
and at one with the flow
of life and being. 

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