Dancing with our Emotions

Going forward,
doing anything
requires
awareness,
resourcefulness.
Often
you encounter
such new and
uncharted territory
that constant
course correction
consumes
your energy,
while on an
unproductive tack
because attention
is absent.
You may soften,
unexpectedly
a hard stance
from someone's
response to you,
just being yourself.
You had no idea,
you were taken
by such surprise!
Being aware
of the outer
as well as the inner,
simultaneously
takes some practice,
I am finding.
It's easier to ignore
the inner, it seems.
Sort of what
we've always done--
not listening to
that voice
that is wiser
than the wisest--
while blundering
two-left-footed
awkwardly onward.
Such an adventure--
to follow two brains
at once--
the one in our head
and
the one in our gut.


Copyright © 2012 Gary Frates