What focus for my time

Today, my coach kept bringing me back to "what is the most important issue (to be dealt with)." He suggested I mind map all the things going on in my life and interes, and look for a thread or an axel that tied it all together. It is interesting that I had done that listing last month. When I did, it presented itself as the following.

The Myriad of Things

Lord I come to you
King of all the earth
Make request of you
For wisdom on this earth

The myriad of things
A part of daily life
Pile up around
Suppressing peace and light

Yet deep inside I know
The plan you have is so
Complete and with a flow
That peace does overflow

Some have a natural way
To negotiate each day
And not be overcome
By the things that need be done

But they are very few
In this world of do and do
While the rest of us are blue
Beset with much to do

Where does the answer lie
Is it community or die
Find the place where each one fits
Determined by our gifts

It can’t be done by man
Must be the unseen hand
Where many move as one
And myriad gets done.

©10/14/07, Glenn Mehltretter

EGO

Context: I am beginning this blog at the suggestion of my coach, Mike. He has been encouraging the introvert me to allow others to see my more garded side. Well I'm going to post some poetry. I'll begin with a shot at defining ego.

EGO

Who am I – My ego knows
It dresses me in ego clothes
Creates a world where I can live
With solid walls, or like a sieve

I am the center, I am my hope
It changes over time, I group
And find there is much more to me
Than only parts that I did see

For you out there impact my life
I might not like it, try to fight
But it is true I see it now
In a vacuum I did plow

And over time I now do see
There is more to me than I can be
For you are part of who I am
Divorce can not from unseen hand

This thing called flow can only be
In context of both you and me
For my life is not alone
It really is communal home

©11/28/07, Glenn Mehltretter