They say it’s harder to change yourself
than to change your surroundings
all that spiritual warrior stuff
and meditation
and breathing through alternating nostrils
just fancy ways to try and catalyze
psychic transformation
I’ve watched it happen
countless times before
suddenly my inner yardstick is re-calibrated
I see myself
in the eyes of others
I see the contradictions between
my thoughts
and actions
I’ve watched this transformation
take action
like a wheel sunk into the mud up to the axle
it takes a great heave to put the first foot forward
a smaller heave for the second
momentum is critical
time and again
drifting back into the mud
only to go through all the strain and effort
of heaving out again
the challenge:
understanding how to renew
refresh and unstick
without turning the rest of the world
upside down
to move and change
in stillness and
peace

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