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Enlightenment. \u00a0 Chop wood, carry water. \u00a0I got it. \u00a0Today. \u00a0Suddenly. \u00a0While the air was cool, the sky clear.<\/p>\n
(Isra Box<\/a>)<\/p>\n Here’s how. Gertie knocked the back door off its track a couple of nights ago. \u00a0Not bad for a 45 pound dog. \u00a0But. \u00a0Had to get it back on. \u00a0I’m not a handy guy. \u00a0Never have been and never aspired to be. \u00a0That means I greet these kinds of tasks with a dread reinforced by all those damned nights I had to help my dad bail out the basement of our house, bucket by bucket. \u00a0He refused to buy a sump pump. \u00a0Not to mention the days mowing our yard with the old, clunky push mower. \u00a0He wouldn’t buy a power mower. \u00a0But, hey. \u00a0That’s then.<\/p>\n The perverse privilege of screwing ourselves up with things that happened long, long ago is part of what makes us human, I know. \u00a0And I wouldn’t want to make myself less human.<\/p>\n Then. \u00a0I had the strip of rubber coated aluminum off. \u00a0It holds the door in place. \u00a0I remembered that I usually get frustrated, want to move onto something I prefer to do. \u00a0Remembered, too, that that feeling was not necessary. \u00a0That I could stay with the door until I finished. \u00a0There was no hurry. \u00a0No next thing. \u00a0There was only this thing.<\/p>\n That was it. \u00a0Satori. Not exactly be here now, although that is a result. \u00a0But, not the cause. \u00a0The aha was nothing. \u00a0It fitted me into the task and nothing else. \u00a0I finished the door in an unhurried manner, but efficiently. \u00a0Also. \u00a0It worked. \u00a0Hey.<\/p>\n When chopping wood, chop wood. \u00a0When carrying water, carry water. \u00a0When fixing the door, fix the door. \u00a0When revising the novel, revise the novel. \u00a0When being with your love, be with your love.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fall \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Harvest Moon Enlightenment. \u00a0 Chop wood, carry water. \u00a0I got it. \u00a0Today. \u00a0Suddenly. \u00a0While the air was cool, the sky clear. (Isra Box) Here’s … Continue reading Aha<\/span>