My Mind, For You
In this crowded world there is competition for your thoughts
Persuasion from all arenas of life working on your mind, your
pocketbook, your stomach
Causing you to salivate involuntarily, looking away came too
late
But the separation of the mind from the distraction is still possible
To guide your own course you do not need a map
You only need the will, and then the courage, to discover your way
It feels uneasy to take that first step away from what you
know
But after the initial fear, the potential is there to experience glory unlike anything you’ve known before
The feel of riding on two wheels for the first time
Jumping from the nest, falling through tree branches does bring pain
But once you fly- all of the boundaries you previously knew seem to slip away
And when you crash, the pain will give you the rawest sense
of reality
It lets you know that you are still alive
If you haven’t fallen lately, you aren’t trying to jump quite high enough
Find the courage to accept that everything you know is
already outdated
Start learning again with the eyes of a child
And join me as we leap into uncertainty
~JPL
