December 14, 2023 – A

Trial and error, kid. 
Trial and error.

Feel your way along,
learn what works when/where/how--
and what doesn't.

Dance with your life
and the music of the moment,
becoming one with time and place
in doing what is called for,
when/where and how,
and not what you want to do
regardless of the occasion,
in spite of the circumstances.

Will is never free,
but is always to be spent
in the service of what needs to be done
in each situation as it arises
and is obvious to those able to read the umwelt,
and respond in ways appropriate to the context
and in accord with the Tao/the flow of life
here/now.

Learning to read the signs and know what's what
and what to do when/where
is a matter of experience and reflection,
sensing and feeling,
looking and listening,
seeing and hearing,
and has nothing to do 
with wanting/desiring,
fearing/hating
forcing/demanding,

We live in the moment
like emergency room personnel
waiting expectantly and prepared
for whatever walks through the door.

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