January 07, 2024 – A

We keep going 
in service to what needs us
and what needs to be done.

We meet the moment
the way the moment needs to be met
with the gifts of our original nature
and the innate virtues/attributes
at our disposal.

We take who we are in one hand
and what needs to be done in the other
and get the two hands together
in ways conducive to the good
of each situation as it arises.

"Without hope,
without witness,
without reward.
Virtue is only virtue in extremis.
Only in darkness are we revealed.
Goodness is not goodness that seeks advantage.
Good is good in the final hour,
in the deepest pit"
(Nardole in Doctor Who,Season 1001 Ep 6 Extremis,
written by Steven Moffat).

Good does what is good
whether it does any good or not.
Good doesn't care what its chances are.
It is not in it for the outcome,
but for the quality of its expression,
for the joy of doing it
anyway, nevertheless, even so,
and the satisfaction of having done
what needs to be done
when/where/how it needs to be done,
time after time
no matter what,
as long as life shall last.

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