July, 2023

Accepting our plight for what it is,
whatever it is,
and determining to make the best of it,
far exceeds the frantic search for an escape
into bliss and happiness everlasting.

We meet the day 
and do what needs to be done there,
putting woe and "poor me" aside.

"Here we are. NOW what?
What NOW?
What is needed HERE-NOW?
How can we help with the gifts
we have to offer?"

Our place is not to think up
a response,
but to wait for the proper response
to arise/emerge from within,
surprising everyone with its
appropriateness to the occasion.

This is "Wu-We,"
"Doing by doing nothing."
Just responding properly
to what needs to be done.

A simple way to experience this
is to watch the next situation 
that develops around us,
being curious about what needs
to happen three
to establish/maintain
balance and harmony
(Become aware of how many situations
are unbalanced and adversarial--
what contributes to that,
creates and sustains that?
By refusing to support it,
we automatically,
naturally,
act to establish/maintain
balance and harmony).

From balance and harmony
come spirit,
flow,
spontaneity,
sincerity,
integrity
and life.

Which we produce
by what we don't do
to serve the forces
of unbalance and disharmony.

As circumstances balance and harmonize,
things move in a different rhythm,
spirit and flow,
and change "of themselves,"
with no one doing anything
to "make things happen like they should."

Noise is reduced.
Complexity is relaxed.
Drama and Trauma
become bored and leave
to find some action,
leaving us with peace
and well-being at last.

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