“Leave off that excessive desire of knowing; therein is found much distraction. There are many things the knowledge of which is of little or no profit to the soul.” (ODAT, 20 July)
There is just enough
time to figure out what needs to be figured out and just enough time to do what
needs to be done in my immediate life.
No time for figuring
out him, her, or it beyond the scope of my actual work, beyond the scope of my
very small hula hoop.
A small life: that’s
the ideal.
Not one that
sprawls.
And no purpose,
either, in all of this figuring out.
I’m still left with
me, and what to do with the day.
Getting answers to
the ‘why’-questions is little help in figuring out my duties and certainly does
not provide the oomph to perform those duties.
I really can leave
everything be: it is as it is, and it is in accordance with God’s will.