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Today's Meditation is on TEMPTATION and CLUTTER, and the path past it to SALVATION.

Brothers and Sisters: Join me in Meditation.

Relax and breath deeply. Observe your place of toil with an unclouded eye.

Meditate first on the tools on which a monk depends for crafting quality Perl. Are these tools within ready reach? Can essential references come into your hand without the need for arising? For arising risks TEMPTATION! A thousand diversions await the monk who arises from his toils in search of the Camel. Yeah, the Camel or its brethren should always be within a monk's reach.

Relax and breath deeply. Moving only your eyes, take note of what lies within reach that is not ESSENTIAL to thy work. Yeah, verily, what is not essential is CLUTTER, and clutter displaces the essential, breeding diversions most foul. The unused box of paperclips that rests on a monks desk and not in the drawer benearh is a tool of SATAN!.

Relax and breath deeply. Moving only your eyes, take heed of those things bright and shiny that might temp thy attention, and cause it to wander from thy toils. For wandering temptation risks a Monk's very SOUL, and leadeth not on the path to the CODE most blessed that they toils produce.

Now, having noted these things, turn thy attention inward, and choose a single action to perform today. An action that will either remove CLUTTER or TEMPTATION from your place of toil, or that will bring an essential reference within reach. An action that will set thy foot firmly on the path towards CODE most blessed. An action that will help thee avoid the brambles that lurk to snare the unwary traveler who is lured off of the path.

Having made thy choice, perform it NOW, lest they mortal soul remain in PERIL.

Amen

(The bell of midday caffiene retreat has sounded.)


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