Racing against time and myself to complete
\npromised deliverables\u00a0with enough time to take hold,
\nenough care\u00a0to survive, enough space to grow
\nand expand into meaningful connection<\/p>\n
I think of the daughter who plans
\neach moment of her classroom day, goals
\nand activities devised to stretch young minds,
\nteach them to think, link facts to\u00a0reach meaning; and the other<\/p>\n
her focused attention on the dog\u00a0before her,
\neach practiced movement precise, intentioned,
\na sequence\u00a0learned like a dance, its results beauty
\nand satisfied clients; and how my son yearns<\/p>\n
for distraction when he contemplates
\nthe task at hand, to complete credentials
\nto plan a meaningful future for himself and family.
\nWhat is it about our relationship to time,<\/p>\n
to process and ultimately produce
\nthat makes us tick with different beats,
\nmove forward and back within the pendulum
\nof time, measured or not, and yet succeed?<\/p>\n
Like Penelope, I unweave my stitches
\nagain and again, as if I did not want to finish
\nthe project so eagerly begun. And yet
\nI have learned,\u00a0it’s important to work well;<\/p>\n
not to be free of mistakes – after all,
\nthe flaw proves the humanity, the meaning –
\nbut because there is joy in a job well done
\nand lessons to be learned along the way.<\/p>\n
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