Progress without pressure is a tough one, but my own pressure is different
~ a backlog of should and shouldn't block my desires, my intentions to accomplish great or ordinary things logs made of should, huge and heavy,
depending on whose words I caught and tossed
in the river of words in my head,
(some carry more weight than another).
So:
Ignore the should’s -
after all they’re not real logs.
If they were my head would have exploded by now.
Make it a game with colours, shapes and music ~
just take it off the top to get it done
kind of like the old game Pick Up Sticks!
Banish the resistance: I am smart enough to do the tough stuff.
So there!
Once order is set ~ the order that feels right to my heart
Pressure rearranged, game played ~ I can proceed.
“Should is a futile word. It’s about what didn’t happen.
It belongs in a parallel universe.
It belongs in another dimension of space.”
~ Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
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