Our Chance to Change the Story, Change
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by Carrie Durkee
Slow down, walk, don’t run Change the tempo Watch for detail. It will appear. A fluctuation in the foundation Makes us feel uncomfortable, off balance Where is the familiar? Old assumptions have got to go. Where is the downbeat in the rhythm of the pattern That makes us feel safe? Question, adjust, and revise Habits Routines Impulses Desires. And simultaneously, How wonderful to know It is in the realm of possibility To alter and rearrange The shape of our thoughts Just from a change of pace And the plasticity of our being. Shifting, Tectonic plates shifting How to value who we are What we choose to do, Continue to do, Or not. The invisible is more powerful than all of us. The opportunity for change is here now. Explore the clues, Nurture empathy, Heal the pain, Seed ideas. Pursue wholeness as we travel along the path Of our new story that we are creating. Carry on. June 2020 |
