Lessons

I am finding many valuable lessons in life

as I release my grasp on what I know and what

I imagine I know. Being open is so much more

helpful than being rigid and driven.

The cleansing fires of change have purged me

from my attachments, and given me a spiritual

'leg up' that many are not fortunate to have.

The old ways and means, old people, old beliefs,

all have fallen to the side. Only a vessel receptive to

discovering its intrinsic self remains.

When too many semblances of our old life remain,

it is easier to avoid the despair. The shift of identity

is detoured because so many falsehoods remain

in people's lives. But more and 

more folks are joining on this journey; being 

stripped of all prior markings of humanity. When 

what was believed true is gone, we either fade or fight.

We love our illusions and delusions.

Once you know there can be no trusting another,

you will learn to trust self,,,the most valuable

ally you have. Once you know you can survive without 

nice things, sufficient food, assistance, proper health, or

externals of any kind, you can then find your true

self and strength. 

Once you know there is no faith to be had in religion,

professionals, government, family, or the world, you 

pass through childish expectations and embrace reality.

Difficult as it is, it's a necessary catharsis.

Once jobs and reputation and possessions and

money and credit and friends and options seem

to have all vanished; you must find what is at the base

of YOU. You have to dig deeper than you ever had

need to before.

Discover.

Reinvent.

Reassess.

Rise anew.

Abilities never thought possessed or possible emerge,

and with them, our own limitless strength and passion.

A scar is a blessed thing; only the living worry

about scars. It's a reminder of what you passed through,

and survived.