<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Love this ditty, Riantee. It speaks to the constant distraction of everything else around and within me while attempting to ohm myself back into the focus at hand. Honestly, it plays out like a common day on my calendar where the big reward in the end becomes the same self-reflective responsibility:</div><div dir="auto"><p class="MsoNormal"><i>"the infinite power to be Me."</i></p></div><div dir="auto">Thank you for sharing this insightful stream of consciousness.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Blessings of peace and harmony,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">~ Ed</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:12px;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone</div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Riantee Rand via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org> </div><div>Date: 11/18/23 10:16 AM (GMT-08:00) </div><div>To: thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org </div><div>Subject: [Thespiritexpress] A poem read on Tuesday Pathwork </div><div><br></div></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Restlessness on a Day of Rest </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">There is always</p><p class="MsoNormal"> that need
for something else!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="text-indent:.5in" class="MsoNormal">Before meditation</p><p class="MsoNormal">a cup of coffee maybe, </p><p class="MsoNormal">a little something to eat,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> a total
clean up of the house would be really good,</p><p class="MsoNormal">what about calling a friend for a hike in the forest,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> better
check my email first, </p><p class="MsoNormal">it’s getting cold maybe I should build a fire</p><p class="MsoNormal"> or I really
should go shopping,</p><p class="MsoNormal">why
not finish the few dishes
first,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> and there is that wall in the bathroom that needs a coat
of paint. . .</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Oh forget it,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> I’ll just vegeout and watch a movie!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> *********</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Sit down. Take a breath.</p><p class="MsoNormal">What’s all the distraction
about,</p><p class="MsoNormal">what am I running from?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Is it my need to express, </p><p class="MsoNormal">to put down words </p><p class="MsoNormal">on the dreaded blank page?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Is it the silence that comes</p><p class="MsoNormal">when all else disappears?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> The emptiness?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> **********</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Will you sit down.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> Now.</p><p class="MsoNormal">What are you really afraid
of?</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> It’s that huge responsibility:</p><p class="MsoNormal"> the infinite power to be </p><p class="MsoNormal"> Me.</p>
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