Staying Home
Sometimes the correct option.
I was going to market today, but I stayed home.
I was going to mend the fence today, but I stayed in.
I sat today, seeking you and reading your messages. You were knocking, and I opened.
Did I squander time better spent in action?
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No day I give to you is wasted, dear Lord. The market, the fence, the world will all be there after we are done. They will be there tomorrow.
Let me dwell with you today.
– from the mountain
Consider:
Can I give myself grace to rest?
Reading:
“Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.” — Zenrin Kushū (Zen verse anthology)
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“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” — Rabindranath Tagore
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“Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart.” — Psalm 27:14 (KJV)
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