Purifying Purpose
Ascertaining what is yours to do
And what is not yours to do
Is a critical power to own.
Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
So, how do you find out what’s yours
To think, do, or say?
The question demands a guiding principle
Hanging in front of you like a carrot before a mule.
Here’s one way to follow the carrot.
Ask yourself: Why am I here? Why did I take a body?
Why did I choose this family? This country? This color? This sex?
This socioeconomic level? This IQ? These innate talents?
Quite unanswerable, they are, at this time.
Yet, the very asking opens the portal to greater understanding.
You see, the simple fact that you can even imagine
—Let alone ask—
Such unanswerable questions,
Verifies your assumption that
You came from somewhere, before getting a human body,
You’re going somewhere, after you leave that body behind,
And that there is Purpose in between.
Now, if that doesn’t clang your wake-up bell
And tell you what’s yours to do, Baby Love,
It’s time to grab a beer and have fun
Watching the grass grow and the paint peel.
05/18/2018