Building Your Wagon

Whew! I'm back. I've had this cold/flu thing going on for so long I thought I'd never wake up breathing through my nose again. It's amazing how stuffy your thinking can get when you're sick like that. I have been so tired for so long, that being rested now feels like a shot of adrenaline. Feels pretty good!

I was reminded today about staying on track. You know how easy it is to hear a lot of advice or try to grasp every straw that comes your way? Maybe you shouldn't. I heard a wonderful teaching once about building a red wagon in a junk yard. I'm pretty sure I've talked about this before, but there must be a reason for repeating it. You walk through the junk yard and see all kinds of cool stuff that you want to pick up and take home with you. It's not necessarily bad stuff, but is it stuff that you need to build your wagon? If it's not, no matter how cool or fun it looks, leave it alone. Like my uncle the armature geologist used to call some rocks leaverights - rocks you should leave 'er right there. You only have so much you can carry out of the junk yard, so only take what will help you build your wagon. If you stay on target and not get distracted, you get a lot done!

Yes, this has spiritual applications. You've been called, to something. Don't be distracted from it. Don't dither and procrastinate. Get to it. Don't let the mantle pass to someone else because you failed to pick it up. There's a red wagon in your future. Now build it!