Shifting Work

Work: Well Organized Righteous Knowledge

With little potential for moveable activities...

not a preferred definition, but....

employers lose monopoly on my time as I revolve 

gracefully through work-force door, edging back into my home.

Moving from inside to outside 

only coming home to 
roost for a night

dine at my table

launder my clothes.

I need some redefinition.

Work Redefined

Work: Wonderfully Orchestrated Revolving Knowledge.

Nurturing self care from dawn to dusk

regular parts of my home and work day

I dance my way into and out of hospital routine.

Routines at home

set for myself and

change to fit the rhythm of the day 'prn'.

My spirit is the wind in my soul

steering my earthly self through cloud or sun

whether at home or work. 

I learn to step lightly, 

the wind at my back, 

spirit steadily moves me.

My inner guide directs me 

through changes of shifting work shifts and 

from the outside world to my inside world.

At the bedside,

patient advocacy is a part of me 

no need for license or certification

to be valid or valued by me.

At home I advocate patiently

just as much a part of me

for myself and my family.

Very valid and valued by me.

From hospital bedside to my kitchen table

the joy of work redefined

has shifted in place only.

“By your thoughts you are daily, even hourly,

building your life; you are carving your destiny.”

~ Ruth Barrick Golden