Letter 4387
The morning task is before me. I know what to do with my hands.
Yet my eye goes to the window, to the field, to the bird on the fence post, to the clouds moving east.
I have tried to gather myself as I gather kindling — piece by piece, returning again to the pile. Still the pieces scatter.
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Lord, let me return, again, to what is before me. Not in frustration, but in patience.
Consider:
Can I bring myself back, even now?
Reading:
❖ “The faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention, over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character, and will.” — William James, Principles of Psychology
❖ “Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.” — Francis de Sales, Introduction to the Devout Life
❖ “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” — Isaiah 26:3 (KJV)
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~B.R.
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