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Aug 15, 2023
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Sunlight glistens on yesterday’s fallen.

Henny laps a long pull from a vast puddle.

“How are we —” Thalia feels the breeze carry her curls, “— gooo-ing to pay it forward today?”

Nia takes a few stabs at what Tal means by it. “Our joy? Our good fortune? Our Mystery Lilies?”

“Easy…” Calliope faces the sun. “…We allow all of the beauty we see to flow through us… and use it to water the world.”

In the game of contribution you wake up each day and bask in the notion that you are a gift to others.
~Ben Zander The Art of Possibility

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Karen DeBonis
Aug 15Liked by 3musesmerge

"We allow all of the beauty we see to flow through us… and use it to water the world.” That's some fine poetry, Cal!

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Gary Spangler
Aug 15Liked by 3musesmerge

A delightful read, Loveletterist! The resurrection lily provided some adjunct reading! 😊 And I discovered that our Hurricane Lilies are sometimes referred to as Resurrection Lilies. Leaves emerge in late fall and winter, but in late summer (hurricane season) the stalks appear with red spider lilies!

Cal’s concept for paying it forward “to water the world” resonated with me both literally and figuratively. Arid regions and parched souls can all benefit!

I was forced to investigate the Zander team and “The Art of Possibility.” 😁 As serendipity often urges me, my Google search led to “Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking.” Jon Acuff, author, overthinker. His definition of overthinking is: When what you think gets in the way of what you want. His distillation of one remedy for overthinking “the interview, the financial downturn, the date, the vacation choice”’is to substitute “I think I can do this.” Trading future/past for present moment actions?

So, paying it forward today sounds like the winner. Hands down! And remember this old R&B lyric:

“Everything, that you do

It’ll come back to you!”

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