Everyone has their special brand
of distraction and
dis-ease – that state of mind
that disguises and deters from
all the goodness
right in front of us.
Sometimes,
just stop yourself.
Tell that wrangling mind
“Enough already!”
And then,
do the shift.
Laugh a little, and
forgive yourself for being
quite human.
And then trust that
you can heal yourself
with right thinking…
for your suffering –
no matter what it is,
comes from all the stories
you have made up
in your mind.
That stuff is not real –
but the pain that comes,
is.
Focus, instead,
on what is true.
Your job is to open yourself to
the things that last –
and to hold onto
those principles
with your whole being.
When you learn this,
the problems disappear
and you are
whole again.
Stop living the fiction
and arise to become
who you really are.
This is where your freedom is.
Be well –
with all your heart,
and your mind, too.
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, June 2018
Becoming and Beholding 