The Push To Do More

I posted that,
prompted by a newscast,
I went outside
and picked up garbage
at a nearby park.

A person commented
that I should have also
picked up garbage
in another neighborhood,
not just in mine.

It doesn’t matter
what we do
or how much we do.
Someone will think
it isn’t enough.

(Often that someone
isn’t doing ANYTHING
to solve that problem.)

We will be pushed
to do more.

And that way
leads to burn out,
especially since we’re doers
and often have already pushed ourselves.

Burn out renders us unable
to do anything more.
It decimates our progress.

We’ll always be pushed
to do more.

Ignore those people.
Listen to yourself,
to your body,
your mind,
your soul.

Follow your own plan.