Haiku

thoughts on a wire
each one cranes a neck to preen
before sleep or flight

Thinking that isn't thinking

These two slogans seem to contradict each other:

"Think" & "'Figure it out' is not a step."

I have food allergies. I did some research and came across advice from someone who had initially felt deprived by what she couldn't eat: "Change your idea of what food is."

I think a similar idea can form a bridge between these two slogans. Focusing on changing the way I think feels obsessive. Working on changing my idea of what thinking is feels like a big step forward.

Harden Not Your Heart

A hymn I just remembered:

"If today,
you hear the voice of god,
If today you hear,
god's own voice-
Harden not your heart, [chord, chord, chord, chord]
harden not your heart,
harden not your heart
today."

I find the voice of my higher power in Al-Anon much more loving to hear than the god I was told to believe in when I first heard this song.

Overheard

My higher power is not an alcoholic parent.

Move

Comparing is a game I will always lose, so I'm going to work on putting my energy somewhere else.

From The Once and Future King:
"Merlin always said that sportsmanship was the curse of the world, and so it is."

A break

Often I need to remind myself that my perspective is just one in the middle of many, but that doesn't mean it's not worthy of being expressed, in writing or to someone I trust. Sometimes it is hard to get beyond the drone of self-doubt.

One More Thing

“The world is before you, and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.”
- James Baldwin