Quiet Work
Its own reward.
Overnight storms have left the field in disarray. I am up early, repairing and clearing debris.
Let me work along the margins, Lord, and finish before even the others come. Let them wonder who helped.
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Let me offer my labor without fanfare, that others may be recognized. Let me seek no credit.
Let devoted labor be its own reward.
– from the mountain
Consider:
Can I work in secret today?
Reading:
“These trees which he plants, and under whose shade he shall never sit, he loves them for themselves, and for the sake of his children and his children’s children, who are to sit beneath the shadow of their spreading boughs.” — Hyacinth Loyson
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“When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy.” — Rumi
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“But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.” — Matthew 6:3-4 (KJV)
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