The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller
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A Man's Only Job
The only job
required of every man,
and I do mean men only,
is to surrender his life,
to be defeated by God
through the infinite ways
his life will unfold
and all the circumstances
over which his control is illusory.
And then,
to stay defeated.