I have recently become more and more involved with Global Sufficiency Network and keep finding new and exciting resources through them. I loved this poem from Soltermann. It seems that I am always challenging myself between Being and Doing, but I love this description of Being.

BE

E. Johannes Soltermann

“Tired and Happy”,
I used to answer
when asked, “How in the
world are you?”

Yes, tired I am.
having worked all day,
all week,
all year,
all life.

Gakko –
this word pops to mind.
It supposedly means
“World of Being.”

Have you ever experienced
the rain while the sun
shines?
Watched the bright crystals
drop fresh from the sky?
spilling all over the deep-
green plantain-leaves,
washing away every dust,
every doubt?

Being –
what a humming sound.
It transcends all the
hardships
that humans resist.

Go into the mindframe
of Being Here.
All crutches
will fall by the wayside.

Once we have chosen
to love ourselves –
what else
is there ever discovered?

Gakko.
The living is now.
Breathe.
Love.
Be.