"Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
~Buddha
I have never held a map for the moon within my hands
though I have journeyed there just the same.
With empty pockets and no compass for land
heading to uncharted territory with no title nor claim.
The future holds a ticket that I lost somewhere in the past
a place I don't belong but revisit with tourists and fools.
Fishing for food with a line I could never cast
hoping for amnesty due to bending a thousand rules.
Lessons are like a dirt road that have pebbles under our feet
we learn to step on them gently and where not to step.
For life has a way of providing the trial that will teach
yet it is up to us to gain knowledge and utilize the test.
Sometimes the lesson that is hardest to learn is the" not" instead of the "do". What not to do or not to go. In recovery they talk a lot about insanity, and what it truly means. Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. I have found that in my life the things that I struggle with most are trying to control what is not my place to do. Like a map for the moon, it is not my place to tread, nor is it truly an option to try. Yet, I still keep on heading back down that path. Hoping to change something that is not truly within my grasp, like a map for the moon, I do not hold the power to change anyone or anything outside of my own self. I understand the lesson, yet I keep retaking the test. I guess that makes me either an eager student or an insane one. You do the math. :-)
I have never held a map for the moon within my hands
though I have journeyed there just the same.
With empty pockets and no compass for land
heading to uncharted territory with no title nor claim.
The future holds a ticket that I lost somewhere in the past
a place I don't belong but revisit with tourists and fools.
Fishing for food with a line I could never cast
hoping for amnesty due to bending a thousand rules.
Lessons are like a dirt road that have pebbles under our feet
we learn to step on them gently and where not to step.
For life has a way of providing the trial that will teach
yet it is up to us to gain knowledge and utilize the test.
Sometimes the lesson that is hardest to learn is the" not" instead of the "do". What not to do or not to go. In recovery they talk a lot about insanity, and what it truly means. Doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result. I have found that in my life the things that I struggle with most are trying to control what is not my place to do. Like a map for the moon, it is not my place to tread, nor is it truly an option to try. Yet, I still keep on heading back down that path. Hoping to change something that is not truly within my grasp, like a map for the moon, I do not hold the power to change anyone or anything outside of my own self. I understand the lesson, yet I keep retaking the test. I guess that makes me either an eager student or an insane one. You do the math. :-)
