Excel: Practicing Right Effort

After a short interval
Of rest and relaxation,
It’s back to
My to-do list,

Which brings up
Much anxiety
And to this
I bring,

‘Breathing in,
I calm the body,
Breathing out
I calm the body’

And the distress vanishes,
At least temporarily
And on I go
To the next task,

Which although I dislike it
I continue to
Try to bring to it,
Right effort,

For, if this is all I have,
Then, I might as well
Practice enjoyment of it,
No matter what I think of it

And this practice,
Although it does not
Make circumstances better,
Creates good feelings around circumstances,

The situation
May not change
But I’m well prepared
In case it does,
Strengthening the mind as I go.