SO MUCH, TOO MUCH, NOT MUCH

“Why do you put so much on yourself?” asked my son
    when I told him I was "running away from home".

“I don’t,” I said, defensively, I’m sure.

        [but I do!]

I put on:
    others’ offenses
    others’ responsibilities
    the world’s cares, and
    the cares of this world.

I’m strong -- but not strong enough.

God knew that.

That’s why He told me to not put on:
    others’ offenses
    others’ responsibilities
    the world’s cares, and,
    the cares of this world.

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This poem was written a few weeks after 9/11 when depression suddenly overwhelmed me and I was preparing to drive 600 miles to the North Shore to restore my heart and mind.  As Steve indicated, I have tended to be muchly overwhelmed with responsibility... even when it's simply not mine.  In my present day, this life-long tendency has much reduced.  Instead, MUCH of my life is filled with blessings, and I am no longer a magnet that draws towards me nearly as much responsibility.

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Word Carnival:  Much.  [Would you have figured that out?  I think so.]