When the trip wire
gets touched
and partially healed places
wound again,
take a breath.
Your usual patterns
of blame and retaliation
will not serve you.
In fact,
they will deepen the wound.
The truth is
the world will always
try to trip you up.
And the world
is everything outside of you.
To survive with grace
and even joy,
no matter the obstacles before you,
live from the inside.
That is where truth lives –
the place of your divine self.
Nothing outside of you
can destroy your peace
without your permission.
Turn away from drama.
Go deep.
Look at yourself.
Copyright© Cynthia Cady Stanton, 2018
Becoming and Beholding 