July 15, 2023 – A

We have what we need
to find what we need
to do what needs us to do it
in each situation as it arises
all our life long.

We come out of the womb
knowing how to find a nipple,
knowing how to stretch
and how to yawn,
how to sneeze and hic-up,
and fill a diaper
all without being told a thing.

We are prepared to find our way.

But.

We are born into a culture
that talks all the time
and discourages us at every turn
from listing to ourselves
and knowing what we have to say.

The culture imposes itself upon us,
thinking, as it does, that it knows 
more than we do about who we need to be
and what we are supposed to do.

And so, the divide.

We live a long time learning 
to find our way back to ourselves,
back where we started,
and know what we know,
and trust ourselves to find what we need
to be who we are
and do what needs to be done
all the rest of the way.

May it turn out this way for all of us,
all the rest of the way!

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