Being and Doing

"Happiness can simply be described as the satisfaction we feel when we are in ultimate accord, however briefly, in being and doing." Mark Nepo

We all know people who seem to be "in the flow", things seem to happen for them with ease -- but, in truth, we all have trouble staying in contact with the wavelengths that we all receive from whatever we call the Benevolent Energy of the universe.  All of us have talent.  The challenge is staying in connection -- the being of things.  The story of Mary and Martha in the Bible illustrates this.  If we consider both Mary and Martha as parts of ourselves, we have two parts that may or may not be in accord:  the doing part and the being part.  The point of that story is, in my opinion, that choosing being with the creative energy of the universe is our ultimate purpose, and, from that, we can do our doing.  What that means is being present:  present to typing these words, present to the landscape alongside the car as we drive, present to the act of paying the bills, present to our loved one for whom we provide care.  By being present, we then can "do" from an inspired place.