Blazing A New Path

For awhile now I've been talking less and listening more and there are times I don't like what I hear (and see). I hear grumblings of unfair treatment when I don't see it (this has nothing to do with the recent tragedy along the Gulf Coast) and witness unfair treatment where nothing is done about it.

I see excess and and deficiency, the haves and the have nots, people who work and people who don't and I see abundance and I see scarcity. I used to wonder where I fit into all of this, then I realized, I fit where anyone sees me and all those people don't see me in the same light, and I have come not to care about who they think I am or how they judge me. I just don't really give a damn.

My life dreams are lofty for some and unambitious for others. I'm percieved as lazy by some, a work-a-holic by others. Life is too short to live by the standards other individuals and society holds as sacred for us.

I'll be the best I can be in MY eyes and no one elses. I'll keep a clear conscious, mindful demeanor and a steady hand. I'll rest when I need to and work when required. But the remaining hours in the day are MINE!

Sophia