Allow me to take you for a walk!

We begin our walk.
At some point I pause, take a deep breath,
and realize this walk has come to an end.
The ending is very familiar,
what comes next, less so.

As we grow older,
we gather more experience,
store many memories.
We tend to get into habits,
and develop predictable behavior.

Perhaps it feels comforting to know,
so we can ease the transition
from what has come to an end,
to the new, that is yet to begin.
Only, how can the new embrace you,
when most of ‘you’ still
hangs on to the old?

The absence of trust is a sticky affair.
We find ourselves in situations,
of compromising, complaining, avoiding, delaying;
Or, little by little the precious cocoon,
blessed by the light,
gathers the courage and continues the strive.

You see, fear is like the air we breathe, it is and it isn’t.
And so is the courage to acknowledge the fear and
continue the next step.
Somehow, something out of the unknown
encourages us to do so.

Naturally, not forced.
Because every event in the wild
teaches us that each flower blooms when
the plant is ready.
Every chick is hatched at a perfect moment.
Every drop of rain falls when the cloud is complete.

Society can be cruel; it makes it more challenging to remain
true to oneself.
When one doesn’t feel comfortable dancing to how one ‘should’
neither to how one ‘shouldn’t’.
What if there’s a different, more wholehearted way
I’m called to co-create this day?

I am not sure what got us to where we are.
As a society.
Seems to me the beauty we hunger for
through the old revered statues and famous paintings
is not the ultimate beauty our inner most self seeks to experience.

After all, isn’t it so,
that the creator of every master piece
fashioned his or her art
as part of their own, direct experience of life.
The outpour of inner beauty,
is a testament of celebration,
capturing the moment of precious realization.

So, at what point in history of mankind and in our life
have we distanced ourselves so much,
that we need to be reminded to return to the origins,
and open up to more light.

Dare I ask an important question…
Do you really need a candy to make you happy?
Or, can you still recall the days of your childhood bliss
when you were happiness incarnate,
even when completely dependent,
totally oblivious to what the future holds,
with nothing but bare feet,
sitting in the mud and smiling from your heart…