I come to the work tired and achey.
Praying over the names of people I have never met in person.
Attending to the weekly task I have set myself
like homework.
It is always overwhelming at first,
looking over the pages still to go,
trying to picture each person as healed
rather than sick,
fighting off sleep and ADD
to get through the ritual.
Tonight, I feel strangely nervous.
I lose my place.
I stumble over words,
my voice unsteady.
My girlfriend has left the house,
so I can chant out loud,
easier than talking to the angels
in my head,
less liable to get lost
in the fog of my own thoughts.
I am constantly tempted to quit.
I have done this long enough.
But it is one of my few consistent
spiritual practices
and one of the few ways I serve the world.
I need to develop my gifts,
learn reiki,
use crystals,
meditate more,
talk to my guardian angels,
learn how to heal on a more global scale.
But until then,
I send out healing energy
nearly every week
to a select group.
I don’t make this strong a commitment
to morning pages,
to my writing,
to exercise
or diet
but
for some reason
I’ve made this commitment to them.
I come to the work tired,
reluctant,
moody,
distracted
but I always come to the work
and make sure it is done.