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Book of the Month: Schola Caritatis: Learning the Rhythms of God's Amazing Love

  Starting a new feature for the next several months called Book of the Month.  I will present one of my books and tell you a little of the ...

Sunday, March 15, 2026

trying too hard too

trying too hard 
is exhausting

jockeying to be seen
working to be known
proving my worth
longing to be essential
desperate to be needed

why am i always
trying to prove
what am i always
trying to prove
pressured to perform
climbing to nowhere

then you come and 
invite me to lay it all aside
for in your eyes there is no
need to prove or perform
no climbing to be great
no jockeying to be seen
the pressure is off

all there is to do is to be
i don't have to be enough
because you are

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