HOW TO AVOID DEATH BY A MILLION PAPERCUTS

I choose where to place my Awareness,

what’s worthy of my precious presence is determined only by me

when the fire alarm du jour rings;

when another inconvenience and discomfort threatens my peace,

Again

I ask myself:

Do I want to suffer death from a million tiny papercuts?

…little annoyingly uncomfortable things that for some reason, just. keep. coming.?

(and does any of this really matter to me? Truly?)

I decide.

to re-anchor my Awareness into the ground, the soft, cool grass

to remember the ones I love,

and actually

energetically

place them in my heart

Yes, instead of allowing IT to move me,

I move MY Awareness

I decide to not allow what’s “outside” to yank me to and fro

I call my Self back

to all that I love and value,

to all that I AM

for my Awareness is my ship,

and I am in COMMAND

steady in this resolve,

one:

love,

remembrance,

sunset,

sweet gesture- a kindness toward myself,

at a time,

~I pause ALL else~

so I can guide my ship away from the stormy weather,

and back into the grace, ease, and peace that I AM

in this light-drenched calm

I soon discover

the weather can no longer find me, not anymore

the dark clouds go elsewhere

distractions, irritations that once followed me,

now do not

…my Awareness cannot be commandeered

when I am in command of my Awareness.

image: Waikaloa Village, Kona, Hawaii