The Work Can't Done - Speech Debelle

I'm on holiday this week so I'm doing the equivalent of when you were allowed to bring in a toy from home on the last day of the school term.

If you know me, you'll know I'm obsessed with music. I sing in a choir, I work with music on pretty much all day and live music is one of my happy places.

This song by Speech Debelle has become something of an anthem for me. The premise of the song is that "the work can't done".

We are all working. We are doing paid work, but also working things out, working on ourselves, working out at the gym, learning, working at relationships...

And "the work can't done" is a reminder that we all have work to do. Because we will always have work to do.

None of us are perfect, there's no end to the to-do list and we can always be better. The word "work" has something of a negative connotation. But I see this as a reminder that life is about the journey, not the destination. It reminds me to be humble, because even the biggest achievements are a shadow of what's to come. And the process of the work is what matters, not the ticking it off. Because it's the process of our work (in its widest possible sense), not the results, that make up life's rich bag of experiences.

Her line that "there's a balance that I'm searching for, and I found it in my consciousness when I was trying to build my core" is so wise. Because we don't have to be working on all the things all the time. In fact, whatever it is we are working on, it'll inform us or help us with some other thing we are working on. The more open we are to learning and finding the inspiration, the more it'll come. So rather than feel guilty when we take a break, or exercise, or spend time with family, or don't spend time with family (!) , know that everything we do feeds the process - of everything else.

"As long as we're here, the work can't done". And what a gift that is.