Sometimes, I am at ease in the world
for days at a time.
Then this serenity goes away,
but the understanding continues.
My shortcomings have not disappeared --
anger, self-pity, hastiness, envy,
selfishness, resentments.
But they have lessened, because now I know
that when I do not exert control over these shortcomings,
the harmony of completeness vanishes.
Life is a steady drizzle of small things --
carry an umbrella.
T H I N K = Thank Heavens I Now Know.
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