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Beware of the thoughts that compare
Like quicksand they trick us
to sink in despair
Persistence & perfection
When facing creative resistance
And freezing with thoughts of rejection
Step into the path of persistence
And out of the trap of perfection
Beneath the stories
Beneath
the inner stories we allow
Await
the inner glories of the now
We prevailed
Built upon the losses
of all we tried and failed
The loss turned into learning
and that’s how we prevailed
Twice
I’ve made the mistake
and suffered the price
Now let the guilt go
or pay for it twice
Dry desert
Persist through the droughts
Move forward and know
Where dry desert ends
Green grasses grow
No Double Jeopardy
Has a book ever stopped you in your tracks and changed the direction of your thoughts thereafter? One mind-changing moment for me came from the book…
Hero story
Looking back at the loss
While wearing the bruise
Am I victim or hero
…with my actions I choose
Transform
Either conform
into what you can see
Or transform
into what you can be
The Feedback
Feedback is a diamond
freshly from the earth
Hard to see the sparkle
in that state
Yet polish off the edges…
Grasping or giving
Grasping for love
propels it away
Giving with love
attracts it to stay
Works of art
I walk through art-filled halls
of what has come before
dreaming of the future
in my heart
Then, I turn and climb the stairs…
A million shades of green
This forest is enchanted
with a million shades of green
and in the small are galaxies
of endless wondering
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Decision & Change
How many times
Have I intended to change
Yet stopped with the words
“I tried…”
The Hero
“And then the hero walked in…”
A classic story
Where a winner with glory
Shows up for saving the day…
The Quest
The quest is yours
As long as you’re alive
Success is how you live it
Not how you arrive
Letting go is investing
Letting go
is investing
in the new
you’ll come to know
Shine
I will toil if I must
As I shake off the rust
I will polish
This silver to shine
The Artist
Allow yourself to live in the discomfort
Embrace the tension you’ve been running from
Wrestle with the silence of not knowing
Then marvel at the artist you’ve become
Together we rise
With solo ambition
the path can become
a blind competition
Yet, what if instead…
I shrink, I stretch, I grow
I try, I fail,
I know,
I shrink, I stretch,
I grow
Chains of reaction
These chains of reaction
Hold heavy their bond
Yet, unravel and fall
When we pause…
…then respond
I’m a string on life’s guitar
tuned with the tension to ring
Too loose and I flap
too tight and I snap…
Our garden now is filled
with many tiny sprouts
gently set amongst
the flowers we know…
Hurrying forward
with tension and fear
The meaning in life slips past
In taking the time…
The Creator plants the seeds,
grows the trees and gives them root
The Curator pulls the weeds,
prunes the limbs and picks the fruit…
Beware of the thoughts that compare
Like quicksand they trick us
to sink in despair
When facing creative resistance
And freezing with thoughts of rejection
Step into the path of persistence
And out of the trap of perfection
Happy is
not just for after you win
Happy is
how to begin
Beneath
the inner stories we allow
Await
the inner glories of the now
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