Householder: Chop Wood Carry Water

This one just came out of me after a typical “day in the life.”

Chop wood carry water

Prepare to burn
Marry
Sex
Grow
Have a kid
Grow more
Laugh, cry, rage
Poo
Clean up poo
Sleep
Help the kid
Don’t sleep
Serve the people
Don’t see friends
Feed the kid
Connect to Self
Connect to Other
Bathe the kid
Lose my connection to Self
Lose my connection to Other
Re-connect
Have another kid
Repeat everything above
Grow some more
See friends less
Serve the people
Teach the kids
Get taught by the kids
Sort of surrender
Resist growth
Fight with partner
Fight with Self
Laugh with partner
Laugh at Self
Loose more sleep
Sex?
Cry with partner
Get schooled by kids
More laundry, again
Serve the people
Feed the kids
Clean up the kid’s poo
Lose my connection to Self
Lose my connection to Other
Lose sleep
Re-connect
Repeat above, except the have another kid part
Burn some more
Laugh, Cry
Say YES
Open
Learn
Surrender
Serve the people
Grow
Close
Mystery
Open
Surrender
Close
Mystery
Open
Student
Bow down to God all around me, in me, and in my home
Mystery
Divine
Grace
Gratitude

Chop wood carry water