Begin Within

 

Restless

And the truth is

That the day has just begun

Time to do it all remains

There’s much yet to be done

Opportunities present

Live,  love,  give

Soothe

Be balm

In the midst of chaos

Choose.

Create the calm.

Begin within.

New Beginnings?

 THE PATH?

LIFE EMBRACED?

LOVE IS?  

LEGACY OF LOVE?

LOVE ENDURES?

NURTURE?

NEW BEGINNINGS?

LOVES CREATION?

What would you call it? What does it say to you? Let me know!

Repeated Passion Play

Seems I’m delving into the dark side…

 

 

We take it all so literally. Let’s consider the story metaphorically, universally…

 

It’s iconic.

Ironic.

This repeated passion play.

I could prostrate myself,

Allow your scourge to freely flay.

It would not be enough.

You’d come back another day.

Angry.

I could struggle through the darkness

Of our shared Gethsemane,

Let you revile, defile, deny me.

It would not be enough.

You still would fail to see.

Resentful.

I could walk to Golgotha,

Accept your jabs and barbs,

Wear your crown of thorns.

It would not be enough.

You’d still want more.

Vengeful.

I could climb the mount to Calvary,

Hang there upon the crux,

Naked, mocked and doomed.

It would not be enough.

You’d rub salt in my wounds.

Righteous.

It’s useless, this processional, repeated passion play.

Then, Aha!

Perhaps the change to make’s not yours,

But mine.

Okay…

I’ll completely shift my focus.

Look inside.

My will be thine.

*Footnote:  Here’s the thing… I let it, allowed it, chose it. Freely. Now that’s ironic.

Anxiety Returned to Me

 

Anxiety

Returned to me.

Why?

We had an agreement,

You and I.

We worked it through, we made a deal, I figured you’d be gone.

But no.

Recognizing destination, path and plan ~ you came along.

WTH?

Habit? Memory? Trauma exacted long ago?

Irrelevant!

Damn you and be warned:

You’re unwelcome.

Your tricks and games, old news.

I’m movin’ on no matter how you coax and woo.

I don’t need you.

Get it?

GO.

I AM in control.

 

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