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EMBRACEMENT
EMBRACEMENT
Walking this landscape
I love trees effortlessly
People … Not so much
Whence is the cause – them or me?
I own up – The buck stops here
NO THANK YOU
NO THANK YOU
Should ever
A harsh thought arise
Remember
Tell the thought
“I see you; that’s as far as
My reaction goes.”
DREAD AFFLICTION
DREAD AFFLICTION
Overthinking
One terrible affliction
Thinking gets enmeshed
Goes blind lost in emotion
Pure intuition cut adrift
Time to let go
Return
Remain
Release
Relax
Sit still as silence
Thirty minutes and reboot
Duly calm readdress the issue
If caterwauling chitcat reinvades
Stop – take ten deep breaths
Ten – one after the other
Give yourself a hug or two
Tap your baton a time or two
For you are conductor here
Call the players to order
And issue your order
Da capo – Da capo
Return
Remain
Release
Relax
And et cetera
LORD OF HOSTS
We have limited power over what invites itself into our mind but we can at least decide whether or not we will entertain it.
WORRYWART
WORRYWART
When assailed by worries it is helpful
to take a few moments to calm down
using deep breathing and/or meditation.
Then list all the things you can think of
that could go wrong or cause a problem.
Divide them into two separate columns.
Column One: those you can prevent,
prepare for, minimise or else control.
Write down exactly what you will do
regarding each item to neutralise it.
Column Two: those you cannot do
anything about. Allow yourself enough
time to calmly acknowledge each one.
Then let it go, visualising yourself
breathing it out of your system.
Repeat as many times as required.
SELF-IMAGE
SELF-IMAGE
To avoid the Devil
Best keep clear of mirrors
Not all the time perhaps
Just at the wrong moments
THE TRUE FESS UP
THE TRUE FESS UP
My alter ego and I
An odd relationship
Not quite requited
Yet not quite not …
A work in progress
The Book Of Guff 