Just Be

being is more important than doing,

the heart is more important than the mind, and ....

caring together is better than caring alone.

                                                Henri Nouwen

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Sometimes

I think

I have to create my own value

I have to establish my own place

I am a cipher

a deficit

in my own eyes

desperate to prove myself

to others

and to myself

and so I become a doer

and I try to show off my mind (it doesn’t really work)

and I try to be

the savior of the world!

Ok that is a bit much

but I try to be the one

people turn to

look to

listen to

and admire

ah

it is this that sacred practice

requires me to release

I must move

from frantic striving

and with open heart

learn to simply

be

me

for that is enough

that is more

than

enough

child of God