what one has to figure out, now and then

then: do you want to work along side uniformly thin blond women who eat salads for lunch in a design firm?

now: where to buy pencil led refills; how to pay the rent while balancing on one foot, tending to your deepest desires? how to feed your children and negotiate equity if you are so fortunate to have bought into the banking system; how to see magic and feel and listen to the universe while driving through the traffic or standing in line behind craggy old women? how to love and be patient with your parents, or your children, or yourself?

and, if you are a bird, how to maneuver the lid off of the trash bin to get whatever it is that a bird needs? or if you are a hawk, well, you just glide. in your own beauty.