when the floor is covered in marbles
it is best to find seven jars & pick them up,
examine each one and place it in the first jar.

to start, all of the marbles will look similar,
perhaps some will be clear glass
and some will be white — but they will all fall
in a range of typical marble sizes
and you will know they are all marbles

but quickly, as you examine the marbles
you’ll notice the intricacies that differ
from one to the next — the swirls of color
the absence of swirls of color, the presence
of air bubbles, the specifics will go on and on
until each one strikes you as unique

at this point, when the marbles all seem unique,
decide which traits matter to you, what do you value?
when you find a marble that has one of the 4 traits
you value most of all, put it in the second jar

when you find a marble that has 2 of the traits you value
put it int he third jar.

when you find a marble that has 3 of the traits you value
put it in the fourth jar.

when you find a marble that has all the traits you value
put it in your pocket.

when you find a marble that has one of the 3 traits you most despise
put it in the fifth Jar

when you find a marble that has 2 of the 3 traits you most despise
put it in the 6th jar.

when you find a marble that has all the traits you most despise
put it in your pocket.

when you find a marble that has none of the traits you value
and none of the traits you despise put it in the 7th jar.

If you find nothing you love in your pocket, dump all of the marbles back out except the ones in the 7th jar, toss those in the trash with the ones in your pocket. Start again, but look more closely at the marbles and be more careful which traits you consider important.