Calm now.
Into this moment.
Into this place.
Into your body.
As it feels in this exact time.
Scanning from the top of your head down through every space and surface.
Feeling and to sensations.
Areas of movement.
And stillness.
Constriction.
And spaciousness.
Points of temperature.
Good morning.
Or cool.
Right now,
In present awareness.
To all that is good.
Day by day,
We may feel still.
Stuff.
Perhaps in a time where change does not appear to be occurring or shifts are happening at too small a scale to matter.
Possibly leading to thoughts and feelings of turmoil,
Frustration,
And angst.
See now in your mind,
A mountain.
Perhaps one perceives it as unmoving,
Yet beneath it tectonic plates shift.
Within it,
Springy roads,
Rock,
Spoil,
And sand.
And over it.
Wind flows doing the same.
What is stealth?
Rock erodes.
Trees and plants grow.
Shifting earth.
The mountain moves.
Below.
Within and over.
Constantly changing,
Shifting,
Transforming in every moment.
On its surface,
A budding flower emerges.
To bloom.
It must first open.
A force from within moves it.
The result a flower yielded.
A flower that does not bloom wilts.
These forms transform with time.
I'm infinite in nature,
Yet finite in this moment.
A point.
Punctuation.
Always shifting,
Moving,
Changing.
In motion.
Never still.
Still.
Moving.
To choose stillness and indecision.
Is to decide,
It is decision.
Decisions made are made.
Decisions left are also made.
Movement occurs no matter what.
Sit still and time moves on.
Time will leave you sitting still.
Imagine now a tiny mouse,
Sitting next to a wall with a flashlight pointing at it.
The flashlight turns on,
The mouse is illuminated.
And on the wall,
It shadow projected.
See that mouse moving toward the light?
The result?
Its shadow grows bigger in size.
And the edges of its shadow become less defined.
Watch the mouse walk toward the wall.
The shadow now shrinks and becomes clear and focused.
A near-replica of the mouse is projected.
As mouse moves back and forth,
Its shadow changes while mouse never shifts in size.
If a light changes in magnitude of strength or size.
Mouse has the ability to become as big as a building,
And it hasn't changed at all.
All that has changed is its projection.
Fear is a funny thing in that it grows any time we purposely move away from it.
It feels natural to avoid,
And every time we do,
We signal to the mind to make fear grow.
If we choose to move despite our fear toward decision and into action.
Fear diminishes with our momentum.
Movement occurs no matter what.
Sit still and time moves on,
Creating change wherever you are.
Seeing now a horse galloping across the plain,
Air moving its tail in main.
Watch it now in your mind.
Recognize.
That if a horse were to encounter any kind of predator,
Perhaps a wolf or coyote.
If they were to sense or see any animal that could threaten them,
We may say,
That wolf scared the horse to run.
The reality is that horse generates fear in order to run.
Its fear does not benefit any predator.
Because fear sends energy from a horse's brain to its legs,
To become strong,
Focused,
And full of energy to move.
A coyote or wolf does not want that fear,
Because comfort and ease keep the horse standing still.
Maybe your fear freezes you in overwhelm and indecision.
Human minds have the ability for imagination.
We look back to predict the future and wonder what outcomes will result from any action.
Indecision is a decision.
Deciding to not decide is also deciding.
Sit still and it is the same.
And time moves on,
The clock's hand ticking.
And your life will result in the same end destination,
Whether you move or not.
So what do you do?
Fear not.
What could or couldn't result?
Because no matter what,
Everything changes.
What is within,
What is through,
And what is around.
You yourself are not constant.
It is this moment that provides that comfort,
That illusion.
What is now is not tomorrow,
Next week,
Next month,
Next year.
Comfort is the illusion that holds you still.
Recognize it for what it is.
What do you desire in your life?
Is it present with you now?
If it is not,
What would it take to change that?
To bring fiction to reality here and now.
Because right now you carry displeasure for a life that is completely yours to create.
By holding on to what is out of comfort,
You choose to be the horse grazing comfortably in the pasture.
While Wolf watches,
Creeping closer.
Your indecision is choosing to be still.
While everything changes and life continues to move on.
Everything you fear is just what that is.
You cannot see into the future more than any other person.
Plans never turn out as they intend.
It can all turn out better than what you expect.
And what you fear is mind-pumping breaks,
Your nervous system wired to keep you fenced in.
Any thoughts,
Feelings,
Impulses causing hesitation are only created to keep you within certain parameters.
Recognize them for what they are.
And when you do,
You break the system,
The mirage gone.
Move despite fear and take action.
Decide to become more than the horse still in the pasture.
You have no offense.
All that holds you back.
Is projection.
