Wise-Facing West

I think behind every person who radiates love
and encouragement
is a person who was looking for those things in life
and did not find them

I think the people who become
what we call “wise,”
started out deficient in all
but longing,
but had enough strength inside
to choose to embody
those virtues so others
would not suffer in kind

Once you realize that your
gut reaction doesn’t have to be
your action, you become powerful

Once you realize your actions
have power, and your happiness is
(barring some chemical factors) a choice
you become unstoppable

When you ask yourself
who you want to be in life
and the answer comes back:
loving
kind
determined
teflon strong
but vulnerable
forgiving
warm
passionate
and
empathetic
You realize your ability to
become those things
is all in what choices
you make between
your gut reaction
and the action you take

Then, you become wise-facing West
and should celebrate this journey
you are endeavoring on because it
will be one filled with joy

You’ll still experience a lot of heartache and pain
(like everyone else)
but you’ll look for ways to respond to it that yield
the lowest return of negative energy, and
in this way, your grace will grow—become contagious
as fire, your love will warm and rise,
and your days will not be wasted dwelling on the
things you cannot change