Don't blame anyone

Go out, get what you can

The gate is open

Not under any thumb

Except your own

If you can't see clearly

That your failures

Are your property

You can get to an unlikely end

With extravagant expenditures

Of your time, energy, commitment & resilience

All of your efforts must align

Don't expect breaks

You won't be able to work intermittently

Vacations incorporate continued progress

Toward the goal that keeps your focus.

Everyone includes you

But you are not anyone else

Your specific traits, gifts & abilities

Must be applied to your efforts.

Work & family balance

Children benefit from observing

Regular patterns of work play & rest

The balancing act of life-

The art of survival & health

As night descends

The light of accomplishment glows on

Memories of successful actions

Productive attitudes built

A world met on its terms

And then orbiting

Spiritual pilot at the controls