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You’ve been in a situation where you were supposed to do a chore and you ran into one obstacle after the other until your supervisor hollered at you for malingering, for being lazy, or irresponsible, and while you could [[rationalize]] and [[justify]] yourself up one side and down the other, you have to acknowledge that there was something not working – most likely yourself.  And so there is a lot of that that goes on.  There is a lot of looking busy and attempting to be productive, but very little [[actual]] [[doing]] it.  This is why we [[remind]] you frequently that you have to do it, even when it comes right down to it, you don’t have to do that much.  You just have to be willing.  

You’ve been in a situation where you were supposed to do a chore and you ran into one obstacle after the other until your supervisor hollered at you for malingering, for being lazy, or irresponsible, and while you could [[rationalize]] and [[justify]] yourself up one side and down the other, you have to acknowledge that there was something not working – most likely yourself.  And so there is a lot of that that goes on.  There is a lot of looking busy and attempting to be productive, but very little [[actual]] [[doing]] it.  This is why we [[remind]] you frequently that you have to do it, even when it comes right down to it, you don’t have to do that much.  You just have to be willing.  

   

   

This ties in with the saying that “it is the striving that counts.” [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_147#147:5._VISITING_SIMON_THE_PHARISEE] It is not so much what you do as what you are striving to do that matters.  As long as you are striving, you are pushing the rock up the hill; as long as you are striving, you have your eye on the prize.  But when you stop striving, you are like that cat that has become complacent, as well as content.  It knows a mouse is walking by and doesn’t care.  As compared to the cat that allows the mouse to walk by but is completely cognizant of every move it makes.  We want you to be cognizant of the movements taking place so that you can be ready to [[act]] on a [[moment]]’s notice, because if you can act on a moment’s notice, you are ready to [[speak]] for [[the Master]] when he wants you to speak through.  

This ties in with the saying that “it is the striving that counts.” [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_48#48:7._MORONTIA_MOTA It is not so much what you do as what you are striving to do that matters. (48:7.24)] As long as you are striving, you are pushing the rock up the hill; as long as you are striving, you have your eye on the prize.  But when you stop striving, you are like that cat that has become complacent, as well as content.  It knows a mouse is walking by and doesn’t care.  As compared to the cat that allows the mouse to walk by but is completely cognizant of every move it makes.  We want you to be cognizant of the movements taking place so that you can be ready to [[act]] on a [[moment]]’s notice, because if you can act on a moment’s notice, you are ready to [[speak]] for [[the Master]] when he wants you to speak through.  

   

   

You are there as a willing worker in the field, ready to move a large clump of [[earth]] out of the way so that a [[seed]] can grow.  Being [[ready]], being willing, is more than half the battle.  Many times, however, when you seek to take the entire undertaking on by yourself, you undermine your own [[good]] [[intentions]].  In addition, you deprive your [[peers]] of the [[opportunity]] to help.  Oddly enough, these life [[opportunities]] provide you with little lessons in [[harmony]] -- harmony with your [[God]], harmony with yourself, and harmony with your [[environment]], including your fellows -- and if there is one [[thing]] we all [[enjoy]] it is [[harmony]].  

You are there as a willing worker in the field, ready to move a large clump of [[earth]] out of the way so that a [[seed]] can grow.  Being [[ready]], being willing, is more than half the battle.  Many times, however, when you seek to take the entire undertaking on by yourself, you undermine your own [[good]] [[intentions]].  In addition, you deprive your [[peers]] of the [[opportunity]] to help.  Oddly enough, these life [[opportunities]] provide you with little lessons in [[harmony]] -- harmony with your [[God]], harmony with yourself, and harmony with your [[environment]], including your fellows -- and if there is one [[thing]] we all [[enjoy]] it is [[harmony]].