What Will You Do

© 2017 by P Michael Biggs

  

What will you do

when it is time to

do the next thing?

Someone asked Mother Theresa,

“What will you do

when you are no longer

Mother General?”

She thought a second, 

smiled and said,

“I am good at

cleaning toilets, you know.”

I wonder what you

and I would say to that probe?

The perfect answer perhaps …

“I will do what needs doing

in that moment and time.

I will be a willing soul

offering what I have

with what I am capable.”

Lots to be done,

many hands are needed

on many fronts,

Some are noble tasks,

some are mundane 

and necessary.

What can we do 

in those moments?

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The Start

© 2017 by P Michael Biggs

I took a deep breath

and thought to myself,

“I can do this.

I want to do this.”

I looked at my tools,

I examined my plans,

I thought and pondered,

I began with my hands.

“I can’t finish this in one day”

I thought to myself.

And yet, just for today,

I’ll do what I can,

That’s all I can say.

And so, I started.

Progress was slow,

even then, I worked

at what I know.

And sooner than soon,

my work took shape.

It had form and foundation.

I thought of a finish date.

You see, don’t you,

that it is the small whacks,

the repeated daily attempts

toward our dreams

that yield the best results?

The wise man once said,

You don’t have to be great to start.

You do have to start to be great.

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Under the Influence

 

© 2017 by P Michael Biggs

I’m under the influence

and so are you.

My musical choice this morning

is influencing me.

My bedtime reading last night

influenced me.

The sweet treats I eat

have an influence on me.

As does the morning news,

the birds chirping outside my window,

and my friendship choices.

You and I … we are

under the influence.

And what are we doing

about that?

Influences are good and bad,

right and wrong.

Purposeful and not so much.

Influences happen even when unaware,

mostly when unaware.

Music sways me,

Smells and tastes sway me.

Kind words or the lack thereof

sway me.

We never escape the power of influence.

So, I suppose, we had better

place a governor on the most important

influences and sources of enlightenment.

Perhaps it is time for on-purpose influences.

Otherwise, we might be influenced.

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