January 09, 2024 – A

There is what we do,
and there is how we feel 
about what we do.

Refusing to allow our feelings 
to get in the way
of what needs to be done--
and being able to make 
an accurate assessment
of how well we are doing it--
are crucial to maintaining
a healthy attitude
regarding doing what needs to be done.

There is the way things are,
and there is how we feel about
the way things are.
And how we feel
is were we can get to work
changing what needs to be changed
in order to do what needs to be done
and letting that be that.

When our feelings determine,
limit,
restrict
our action,
we have a problem.

What we do and how we do it
cannot be two things--
they must be one thing.

We are to do what needs to be done
the way it needs to be done,
when and where it needs to be done,
and we cannot allow our feelings
to get in the way of that.

If we are actors
playing our role
in a scene,
we cannot allow our feelings
to interfere with the quality
of our performance 
in the scene.

How we feel is irrelevant
to our performance.
We have to act as though
we mean it
in each situation as it arises
with a rendition 
worthy of an academy award.

Here's one for you:
We are actors playing our role
in a scene
moment-by-moment,
day-by-day,
doing what is called for
the way it is called for
all our life long.

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