Does life sometimes feel

Like we are pushing a boulder

Uphill all the way?

I wonder why. 

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We are taught 

To pull ourselves up

By bootstraps of effort 

When another Way is better. 

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Staying on “our” path

Leads to exhaustion or

Worse, burnout. 

More doing. More striving. 

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One day, we awaken to 

The folly of our efforts. 

For then all our results 

Both the good and challenging

Belong only to us. 

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Instead, perhaps. 

We decide to spend more time 

Following versus leading. 

Allowing burdens to be shared. 

This is the path to

Surrender.