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# Mental Occupation
- URL: https://www.smoothpebbles.org/mental-occupation/
- Published: 2026-03-07T02:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-08-04T02:16:17.000Z
- Author: Richard Flanders

So many things  
ask for the mind:  
Vanity, pleasure,  
fear, envy,  
loneliness, hate,  
worry.  
  
The world beckons.  
News taunts.  
Spinning words,  
flickering narratives.  
Capturing eyes and wallets  
A wasteland of lost attention.  
  
Set your thoughts aloft.  
  
Like blossoms opening  
in the quietness of morning.  
Or like a brook  
speaking softly to stone.  
  
Sunlight glistening,  
like dewey diamonds  
on the grass.  
  
Birds composing  
simple harmonies.  
Fresh scents  
suspended on a gentle breeze.  
  
Fill the mind  
with what is true,  
noble,  
pure,  
lovely.  
  
Train the heart upward.  
  
And let the soul rest  
in simple elegance.  
  
How precious to me  
are your thoughts O God!  
How great is the sum of them!