November, 2024

My sister Susan's suicide three years ago 
was the result of her evaluation of the way things are,
and her choice to not put up with it any longer.

She looked at the same universe Dr. King saw,
and she did not view it as bending toward justice at all.

"Each to their own," as we sometimes say.

However, our interpretation of things
determine--or strongly influence--our response to things.
That being the case,
I would be in favor of taking nothing 
as seriously as we tend to,
and giving every thing a spot of encouragement
and hope for the best
anyway, nevertheless, even so.

Our work is all the same regardless of our assessment
of each situation as it arises.
We are to simply do what is called for
with the gifts that come with us from the womb:
Our original nature,
our innate virtues (The things we do best
and enjoy doing most),
and our intrinsic intuition,
and let that be that
as we step into the situation following
which is already unfolding before us.

To allow our opinions about our chances for success
drag us down
is to reduce the quality of those chances
and the effort we put into doing what is called for.

And so the list:
No opinions!
No judgment!
No expectations!
No plans!
No agendas!
No striving, compelling, forcing, insisting, demanding.

Just doing what is called for moment to moment,
situation by situation.
Whether we feel like it or not.
Whether we want to or not.
Whether we are in the mood for it or not.
Because it is our place
to honor our original nature,
our innate virtues
and our intrinsic intuition
by living in their service for the good of the here, now,
in every here, now that comes our way.

It is called doing our part
all along the path.
May it be so
all day every day!