My mind thinks
It's got things
Figured out
It rehashes
And replays
The past
It rethinks
And rehearses
Unchangeable events
And then
My brain
Leaps forward
Planning for this
Worrying over that
Projecting past into future
It's curious
How much I miss
When I'm away
From here
The only moment
That's real
Pause
Inhale
Exhale
Where are
My hands
My heart
Can I return
My head
To my body?
To these sights
Smells, tastes
These delights?
Pet my pets
Hear a hum
Take it in
Life unfolds
Right before us
Generously
It calls us
Offers a gift
Worth honoring
Slow down
Notice
Be enchanted
Each moment
Brings insight
And direction
But first
My mind
Must yield
Take rest
Sweet mind
Find peace
Trust your heart
Sweet mind
Connect
Can you sense
Without having
To make sense
Oftentimes
With patience
In cadence
The design
Emerges and
Reveals something
That no
Threat or force
Would compel
It is in
The being
The seeing
That truth
Comes to us
Heartfelt
Wisdom
Deep and whole
Inarguable
So mind
You don't have
To know
All the answers
Shall be
Revealed
In time
In layers
Indisputably
They will come
Humble
And ready
When you
Are ready
They will come
Until then
Come back
To yourself
To your eyes
Your ears
Your nose
Your pulse
Your body
Your open hands
Life is
Offering itself
Up to you
Let be
What's done
And unknown
Receive
And Hold
And Cherish
Then let go
And watch
It fly away
Then breathe and
Embrace what is
All over again
Exuberantly
Gracefully
Reverently
As a whole
Being linked
Together
It's time
To be here
Now
by: Els Van Woert, May 2021
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