September 12, 2023 – A

We find our own way
to what has life for us--
no one can tell us that.

We know for ourselves what is "Yes!"
and what is "No!",
without knowing "Why?",
or caring "Why?"

And anyone who tries to get us to explain
usually does so 
with the motive 
of arguing us

 out of our position,
turning our "Yes!" into their "No!",
or our "No!" into their "Yes!",
and are best left to their own way
by getting them out of ours.

This makes finding our way
not a collective pursuit
but a solitary one,
knowing our own life and living it.

If we are looking for a corporate
excursion to Wonder Land,
replete with fireworks displays
like a New Year's celebration,
we will be ignoring the "still small voice"
whispering "Yes!" and "No!"
lost in the din of universal delight
and boundless glory--
in which case,
our life will not be so much
ours as the masses'
and we will be looking together
for the next soccer match
or football game,
or concert...
to take our minds off the emptiness
of being by ourselves,
not knowing what to do.

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