there is a groove in my mind
when it sees “the troubles in the world"
the mind thinks:
this is not how it should be!
this needs to be fixed!!
by myself, by others …
when the mind is in this mode
a sternness ensues, a righteous indignation,
a hardening of the heart
preaching with an all-knowing voice
of how people should be different:
better, smarter, wiser, more tolerant …
maybe you know this groove too?
a sense of helplessness
and hopelessness can come next
it is not a pleasant journey from
perception, to righteousness, to preaching, to hopelessness …
it’s a kind of acid reflux of the mind
yet luckily this too shall pass
it has its say … it exhausts itself
and then there is a pause
when the mind remembers its shared humanity
when the previously intolerable actions of “others”
can be seen through a fresh lens
when all has a place under the sun
and the need to fix people
melts into wishing to connect from the heart
when the outcome is no longer up to me, or others,
but a living unfolding expressing itself