Creating Space

 You do not have to agree

To anything that insults your soul 

Why pretend agreement or accept something that is a NO for you?

Always know the cost of what you choose and what you dismiss 

I have finally learned 

That both my YES and my NO

Must be firm, calmly backed up by my heart

From where the mind must take its instruction

We often think that our tiniest steps are going nowhere

Only to find that in creating the smallest of spaces

Something can grow.   And to our surprise and delight, it has!

One step allows another

And even among our mistakes

Are found the very best, most delicious of times 

It is never too late 

There is a different quality to our days

When those YESES and NOS have begun to create that space

There is much that is no longer inevitable, less that is painful 

And the difficult obstacles become possible to push through

If they are the ones you CHOOSE to tackle

Because you will no longer be less.  

You are taking up space now.  YOUR SPACE. 

Let's make life a memoir they can't put down

Instead of a depressing epitaph