Everyday I ask the loving voice of wisdom, which dwells in our hearts and in this world: “What would you have me know today?” And then I listen. This is what I heard one day, not long ago…

From elsewhere:

“...men of intelligence who formerly possessed an ordinary amount of refinement.”

From my heart:

And what is the ordinary refinement that you are shedding?

I know you care a lot, my hearty soul, about the hopes and dreams, desires and priorities, the wants and needs of others in your near orbit; of those especially who, through admiration and gratitude for your gifts, stake some claim on your time and your attention.

But care a little bit less today.

Give more thought to what is yours to make and offer, and do that a little bit more today.

No one has a viable claim on your time, unless you elect to give it to them.

Give your time and your care to whom and what you wish. Trust that.

This is your next level of growth.

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