Only the arrogant say they do not have time.
Look out the window now and consider this:
You’ve stared at an expressionless screen
And played an unmusical keyboard all day
While the leaves, the leaves on the old oak
Have been feasting on sunlight, yes, chomping
With great relish, and pausing occasionally to
Sip a bit of water from the great tumbler of earth.
Only the ungrateful refuse food at a banquet,
And those fasting in remembrance (Which are you?)
The wise leaves know to eat, drink, and be merry.
Wordless they bless the life around them, while
You my friend, are just so busy being busy.
August 20, 2013
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August 21st, 2013 at 9:04 am
Just trying to survive, my friend; no arrogance involved. 🙂
Very very beautiful! Thank you!
August 22nd, 2013 at 3:43 am
Love the image of sipping from the ‘great tumbler of earth’! Here we have sal and mahua, and yes, they are wise…
August 27th, 2013 at 9:34 am
It is Satan who keeps us busy. If he can keep us busy, we are then easily distracted and take our focus off of God. I have to stop from time to time and ask myself, what am I busy doing?What busy work has taken your focus off of God?
February 9th, 2015 at 11:44 pm
Lovely! Perhaps we are not so much ‘arrogant’ as befuddled by what appear to be demands we must rush to meet–but the idea that we are ‘so busy being busy’ truly resonates.
February 10th, 2015 at 3:46 pm
Point taken Mary! And befuddled is a fun word 🙂 A nice surprise to “see” you here.