“Publishing a volume of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo,” said author Don Marquis, speaking from experience. Something you’re considering, Leo, may seem to fit that description, too. It’s a project or action or gift that you’d feel good about offering, but you also wonder whether it will generate the same buzz as that rose petal floating down into the Grand Canyon. Here’s what I think: To the degree that you shed your attachment to making an impact, you will make the exact impact that matters most. Give yourself without any expectations.
My good friend read this to me over the phone in a huge, amazingly sunny field today. I was just biking on my way to the ocean. I asked him to read it again. He indulged me. I asked to call him back. Finished making my way to the seawall, touched the salt water. There is something I've been considering doing, but hesitating. Hearing my friend read that horoscope opened me up to the reason I was hesitating -- because I knew I was still too attached to do it well. So I'm still waiting, but relaxed, unhurried, recommitted. It's rather Bgvd-Gita ish, isn't it? :)
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