October 01, 2023 – A

We trust ourselves to the road
that chooses us,
and to the kindness of strangers
we meet along the way.

Those who know do it that way--
by not having a way,
but being open to the way
that is the way
for them, personally,
individually, 
uniquely theirs
and theirs alone,
like their fingerprints
and the cones in their retinas.

The story of Adam and Eve
is the story of forsaking our way
for the way we aspire to,
the way we want to be our way.

The drama and trauma of our life
flows from our insistence
on having our way
when it is not our way at all--
and being at war with every way
that is not the way 
we want it to be.

Fascism is the name for this spirit
and attitude--
the way of forcing our way upon 
and through the world
and all of life.

The opposite of that could be called Kyiv 
because it is exhibited in Kiev
and all of Ukraine--
the way of being free to choose the way
that is truly our way
and allowing everyone that freedom
in an association of kind strangers,
assisting each other
with the type of help 
that help is all about (Shel Silverstein).

Being the type of help 
that help is all about
is the way to the way
for all people and things--
the Tao of Here/Now,
doing what needs to be done,
when/where/and how it needs to be done,
moment-to-moment
all the way.

Which requires being attuned
to the Here/Now
in a way that perceives/knows
what's what and what needs to be done about it
with the gifts of our original nature
and the virtues/traits/specialties
that are ours to share and serve
along the way,
without worrying about what we 
are getting out of it,
or when it will be "our turn."

Just free to be who we are
offering what is needed
Here/Now,
and being pleased knowing 
that is enough,
and always has been,
and always will be,
all there is.

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