{"id":2090,"date":"2022-10-02T14:22:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T21:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2022-10-02T15:56:51","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T22:56:51","slug":"diy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegillard.com\/erleichda\/2022\/10\/02\/diy\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n

DIY<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have not been,
\ngenerally speaking,
\na Do-It-Yourself-er.<\/p>\n

When walls
\nrequire paint,
\nI look for
\na Painter,
\nwith a Capital P,
\nthat stands for
\nProfessional.<\/p>\n

So, I suppose
\nit stands
\nto reason that,
\nin the past,
\nwhen I required
\nthat rush of
\nRevelation<\/p>\n

that comes
\nwhen you
\nconnect with
\nthe You<\/p>\n

who has a
\nRoom in
\nThe Mystery,<\/p>\n

I went looking
\nfor a Guide,
\nwith a Capital P,
\nthat stands for
\nPreacher or
\nProphet or
\nProfessor.<\/p>\n

While I don\u2019t wish
\nto deny them
\ntheir credentials,<\/p>\n

these days I
\nfind myself
\nenchanted
\nby the notion
\nthat I don\u2019t need
\na Professional
\nto connect with
\nmy Self.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always had
\nthe Key to
\nmy Room in
\nThe Mystery.<\/p>\n

And, when I
\nmeet my Self
\nin there,<\/p>\n

if it feels
\nlike fun
\nto paint the walls
\nanother color,<\/p>\n

I know I can
\nDo-It-My-Self,
\nthank you
\nvery much.<\/p>\n

(Photo by Flow Clark; UnSplash)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  DIY I have not been, generally speaking, a Do-It-Yourself-er. When walls require paint, I look for a Painter, with a Capital P, that stands for Professional. So, I suppose it stands to reason that, in the past, when I required that rush of Revelation that comes when you connect with the You who has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t