More than anything, our work represents the Mountain of Too Much, the overwhelming amount of things we have to do. Cramming more things in and cutting old stuff out are obsolete ways of coping that are no longer effective. And the Mountain of Too Much still rises up before us.
Our feeling of weariness comes not from the work that we have already done, nor even from the work that we are doing, but from the work we have left undone, or the work that is still ahead of us.
Or more specifically, what tires us most is not work, but the anticipation of work still to do. Here is a time when living in the present moment is vital. The past is gone, the future is just a concept and a projection of our minds. All you have is now. It's all you need.
So, there you are, facing the Mountain of Too Much in the form of a desk piled high with so much work that it is difficult to estimate how long you'll need to finish it. It's a moment for a Stillpoint at the foot of the Mountain:
Take a deep breath. Another. I will just be still for a moment.
Close your eyes. What is past is past, I let it go. Who knows what lies ahead? Now I will do as much as I can, as well as I can.
Invoke something spiritually meaningful. I receive abundant grace and have my spiritual practice to support me.
Talk assuredly to yourself. This is my life right now. I have a Mountain of Too Much in front of me. But this burden too will pass.
Count your blessings. I am grateful that I have work, that it's a beautiful day. . . . And then start climbing the mountain — a little more confident, a little less weary.
— David Kundtz in Quiet Mind