If I am

If I am financially well-off
If I am poor
If I am successful in my endeavors
If I fail on all my attempts
If I am well known
If I am a nobody
If I am wise
If I am foolish
What does any of it matter if I do not love?
Why do I strive and worry
Yet all I need to start with is
rest and turning to God
quietness and trust in God
Rest in my current situation
Rest in what I am
Rest in what God has allowed
Turning away from my selfishness
Turning away from my self-centeredness
Turning away from my grasping...
Quietness in all things
Quietness and stillness
Trusting, resting, being still.

However, if I do love, with word and deed then
I am blessed if I am financially well-off
I am blessed if I am poor
I am blessed if I am successful in my endeavors
I am blessed if I fail on all my attempts