ADVICE FOR BUSY MOTORISTS: Some Thoughts about Intentional Living

	Busy. Busy. Busy.
	Oh isn't this fun?

	Got ta keep the motor moving –
	Fearing silence means all iz done.

	Moving without reflection
	frantically rushing about,

	How tempting it is ta believe
	the entire world will shatter

	& that our tiny mission
	is all that matters. 
	
	Well, how about doing nothing
	& jes parking fer a while?

	That's right, take yer keys
	out ah dah damn ignition:
	end yer obsession with speed.

	Let yer engine cool off
	wipe dah windshield clean.

	Disengage from time ta time:
	& notice what's ignored
	err unseen.

	Is yer mission
	ta rush frum X to Y
	az fast az pissible,
	err become mure aware
	& breathe?


Ron:   Disengage the engine. How do we do that?

Lex:   Isn't that what meditation is about?

Lis:   Maybe the opposite is true. Aren't our core values too disengaged already? 
       Perhaps a deeper level of engagement is needed.

Linda: Well, as the poem suggests, relax and breathe. Only from a point of clarity 
       can we begin to know what's needed.


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from _Last Poems: Lost Poems_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY: A playful conversation and semblance of a poem about knowledge, discovery, and information.
KEYWORDS: lifelong learning, learner orientations, continuing education, discovery-as-a-voyage

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - )
Begun: 1979 Plainfield, NJ (USA)  ✠ Finished: 2015 Tokyo (Japan)
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}}  

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Español:  https://www.tnewfields.info/es/consejos.htm
Nihongo:  https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/isogu.htm
Zhōngwén: https://www.tnewfields.info/zh/hua-xin.htm