Stopping the clock
To let the world hang
Disturbed and fragile
Too toxic to touch
To your whims and wants
You bid adieu
Your weight of worries
Cast into the wind
No more reaching
No more seeking
No more retreats
No more journeys
Settling into your center
A pilgrimage within
Doubts dispersed
You are fine as you are
Eternal wisdom
Is not ‘out there’
It arrived at your birth
Eager to serve
Ego’s patient sibling
The soul awaits
You will awaken someday
When ‘out there’ fails
Peace seems elusive
Yet always within
Permission granted
Compassion for you
Slowing to savor
The world is a whisper
Clarity in purity
Calm is your new joy
Laugh at the loathsome
Their levers unhinged
Here but not here
You are tethered to grace
Moving onward
In the moment of now
The horizon beckons
Without a destination
No more noise
No more anxiety
No more fear
No more pain
Divinity arrives
As conceits are released
Every dawn smiles
In sweet liberation
Restart the clock
A new cadence revealed
Flowing in rhythm
Without leaving a trace
As this year comes to a close, I reflect on the words of the 13th century Sufi mystic and poet, Rumi, who affirmed the reflective nature of looking within when he said, “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” Perhaps we ought to follow Rumi’s long-ago lead into our own new year in support of what seems to be so lacking in our world today: simple dignity. First, as realized through humble introspection and self-compassion, and then for each and every person we encounter as we pursue our best lives.
As always, my wish for you: May you wake in glory, enjoy your day with grace, and spend your night in peace. Glory, grace, and peace.
As the darkness now yields to the light, Happy Solstice & cheers.
