Honor Labor

Working on my land with my helper Michael Ruescher

Honor Labor

9/7/09

Often, it seems equated,

life is hard work

forever asking for exertion

a conscious paying attention

to myriad 'busy-ness' interests

impossible to disconnect from,

just be, breathe, appreciate,

many times there's possibility

for choosing alternative reality

that slows monkey mind

jumping limb to limb

where we can transmute

our understanding of activity

into what nurtures us,

fills chalice with joy,

love of life, ourselves,

others, Nature that surrounds,

so what is wanted

becomes what is needed,

in simplest of forms,

and that manufactured discontent

created by advertising moguls

dissolves into peaceful observance

when societal fear, stress,

is recognized as obstacle

designed to spur consumption,

forgetting to honor labor.