Concrete Poetry

So, as of late the following two quotes seem to speak best to my overall work ethic:

*Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at that moment.  ~Robert Benchley


*Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task.  ~William James

I honestly, just do not feel like doing anything! At some point, the sheer amount of work that I have to do seems to paralyze me.  Knowing that I have to grade tons of papers and tests, do research for my doctoral work, plan my next technology workshop, pay my bills, clean my house, make it to the gym, and the million other errands that are on my to do list--is just paralyzing me. What's comical about this paralysis is that I am in full awareness that I have these tasks to complete and am also in full awareness that I just don't feel like doing it. So, ladies and gentleman, this is what we call Procrastination.  I am not often a procrastinator (In fact, I am highly organized and generally very task oriented), I merely dabble in the art when the to-do list becomes overwhelming.

So--this catharsis forces me to stop procrastinating and proceed to make a to-do list for my to-do list. Break the larger tasks into smaller, more manageable tasks---and GET IT DONE!  The plan is to have almost ALL of the above mentioned tasks complete by this coming Friday (which does not leave me much time).  I am wondering--what will have to give---sleep? tv? social networking? working out? Nope--not this time. The responsible procrastinator realizes that some of the tasks can be delayed to next week's to-do list!   =)

Back again...

I woke up this morning feeling forlorn.  As a lover of pen to paper (better yet--key to screen), going weeks without real writing is a lonely experience.  Granted--there is never an excuse for failure of expression, but in my case--I had a lot to think about in the past month before feeling comfortable enough to say something worthy of your reading. So--here goes.

Life doesn't always go the way we have planned. Sometimes the best advice that one person can give to another is to just "let it go." I heard a message from Bishop T.D. Jakes which discussed the power of letting go.  Letting go, sometimes is the best thing that a person can do for the benefit of themselves.  As adults, we always want to hold on to plans that we have, relationships that we hope might work, comfortable situations, and a variety of other things.  This is what we think makes someone grown up. The fact that we can withstand pain and hurt, and wrong things for our lives.  What I have learned is that the mature adult--can let go, when they have to.

An adult realizes that people will walk away from you.  T.D Jakes says, when people walk away from you--let them walk. If you are holding on to something that doesn't belong to you and was never intended for your life--let it go.  If you are holding on to past hurts and pains--let it go.  If someone can't treat you right, love you back and see your worth--let it  go. If someone has angered you--let it go. If you are holding on to thoughts of revenge--let it go. If you have a bad attitude--let it go.  If you keep judging others to make yourself feel better--let it go.  If you are stuck in the past--let it go. Move on to the next level of your life.  If you are feeling depressed and stressed--let it go.

Imagine how wonderfully free a person will feel, when they find the strength to let go of every worry. There is freedom in forgiveness and there is freedom in letting things go.

Yours truly.