A pep talk for myself and maybe for others as well:
Ode to Patience
layer on layer, patient placing down
daily labor, each day’s small deposit
little gain as evening comes around
not much to see, but still continue placid
consider the perspective of a life
of sediment that settles under sea
of change that comes so slowly you don’t see it
as things evolve, emerging gradually.
At some time, you’ll look back, and then you’ll know
the progress that you made at your endeavor
as imperceptibly stalactites grow
stalagmites reach them, and they join together.
No need to judge or let your head hang heavy
Your work will bear its fruits when they are ready.
©Wendy Mulhern
February 18, 2010
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