Just Be
It started with this story about an old tree
who got to be old
because it was useless,
otherwise it would be
tables and chairs.
Sometimes I am like that old tree,
I am short, fat, old, and my body is aging.
Despite all that
or perhaps because of all that
I find myself being like that old tree,
the one people sit under and relax.
I never became the tables and chairs in my career,
that I thought I was to become.
Instead, the Ultimate has been helping me to just be.
I am learning how to just be me.
Learning how to be
what the others see the beauty in,
even when I thought nobody had noticed.
I am focused on just being me,
no longer worrying about what I produce
or what I achieve,
but like the old tree,
learning how be the shade,
the relaxation,
the rejuvenation,
the place people come to
and feel loved,
valued,
supported
and appreciated.
Some of us are meant to be tables and chairs,
others should just be
and offer the gifts
others find in us
through us,
and because of us.
When I just am,
I see my productivity
and my effectiveness
in just being
what the Ultimate
has spent a lifetime
helping me to just be.
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