I’m not content with idleness
but I must learn
not to be fooled
by inactivity that’s masked as motion —
things to do that don’t make any difference,
loopings of the mind that don’t go forward

In due respect
for source and power,
I must recognize
that Mind achieves its ends
and is the only cause of all my action

When Spirit moves,
the waters all move also,
immediate, decisive,
everything as fluid
as the thought comprising it,
everything responsive,
everything accomplished —
this is the model
for all I am to do.

©Wendy Mulhern
March 8, 2019