The Universe Wrote Me a Note
You are doing great, keep it up
I thought of you this morning. Yes, you with the glasses, getting into your car.
I thought of you this morning waking up to face yet another day. I thought of you and wondered if I had anything to say.
I did.
“You are doing great, keep it up.”
I thought of the meeting you will attend at work, with the boss who’s never pleased. ‘Substandard work,’ she’ll mutter under her breath. She did not see you up all night. I did. I thought of you this morning. waking up to face yet another day and I say, “You are doing great, keep it up.”
I thought about your children. Earlier they yelled, screamed, another sibling fight. ‘Is it time to give up, would I ever be a good mum?’ you wondered. You’ve read, listened and tried every parenting method. I know. I thought of you this morning waking up to face yet another day and I say, “You are doing great, keep it up.”
I thought about your tax returns, As deadlines looms and the paperwork piles. ‘This is impossible,’ you say, helpless against the HMRC fine You collated receipts and built an Excel sheet. Your head ached and vision blurred. I watched. I thought of you this morning. waking up to face yet another day and I say, “You are doing great, keep it up.”
I thought about your room As you rushed out, presenting calm to the world. Clothes are strewn, that half eaten bread under the bed. You spent all night wondering how to feed two small kids. Inside you cried, ‘I am not good enough.’ I heard. I thought of you this morning. waking up to face yet another day and I say, “You are doing great, keep it up.”
In and out the revolving doors of life. Inside every human, beratement rules
- I’m a horrible parent, my son is so unruly
- My assignments are late, I’m a bad student
- My business sucks, all my projects are delayed, I’m a flop
- My car needs a wash, I suck at life
- My wife deserves a date for our anniversary, I am a bad husband
- I am not good enough, I am useless, …
- I should pray more
- I should exercise more
- I should work harder
- I should, I should, I should …
I thought of all the things you needed to do but had not done. How you berate yourself — rehearsing errors and failures
I thought of you waking up to face another day, trying yet again to be the best person you could be
I thought of you From a perspective that fills all space and time. That has seen all pasts and knows all futures.
I thought of you this morning. Yes, you with the glasses, getting into your car.
I thought of you, and it was important for me to say;
“You are doing great, keep it up.”
Love,
The Universe.
Postscript: I received a random email from a known Brand (sadly I can’t remember which) with the words “You are doing great, keep it up” written as the subject line. It brought such light and warmth to my day. So I wrote these words to brighten someone else’s day. Stop berating yourself.
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