The Collected Writings of Brian J. Mueller

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Trying

Aren’t we all?

Because life is trying,
I’m often trying my best
to be a loving person.

I’ve tried this.
I’ve tried that.
Of all the things I’ve tried,
it’s my trying less
which seems to work the best.

A possible epitaph:

Herein lies
one who tried and tried
but has now let go
and gone with the flow.