Why do you run yourself so hard?
I don’t know any other way to be
Yet your bones and your back ache
Your mind is so tired
Your thoughts, scattered on the wind
How do you expect
To move the world with quiet contemplation
When you rarely contemplate yourself?
This life is not for only doing,
Quiet rest is also required
And reverence, solitude
A concerted effort to go within
For it is written that you find the peace you need
To go out and be the doer in the world
The guidance you seek to make change,
Soothe broken hearts
It can’t always be a race
Sometimes it needs to be a lazy river
Gently drifting, allowed to carry you
Where you need to go
(Notice we said need, not want)
Allow yourself to float and you will find peace,
The love and simple existence
Your soul needs for survival
For thriving
For doing its best in this life
©SpiritLed 2015