THE HABIT OF YEARS (self motivating)

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JOURNAL #14

what your circumstances make you

is what you will likely one day become

whether it be a man on the moon

an architect to the age or

a mere scholar of sums

a bleak existence today does not

necessarily constitute failure tomorrow

though some would find it easier to choose

this not to believe

man is such a fearful changeling

his life's pace holds no true set course

nor simple guarantees

he is at one with nature though he chooses

to set himself far, far above

he, like many other three dimensional forces

still fall prey to the inner will of the

sanctuary of love

acceptance of one's peers is an astronomical

force with an unexplainable pull of its own

the rule of thumb is that no man is a mountain

who can for very long stand alone

there are examples of course that could make one

believe otherwise

but these are sparse exceptions to such said

rule and their accounts score many diversified

replies

'The Habit Of Years' can often weigh heavily upon

he who fears the unknown gales of change

but stand to listen to the voice of better

judgment sailing in its winds

and the path of one's life will regenerate itself

to face the will that it possesses to want to

rearrange

leaving one's new found direction not to seem

so unspecified and vague

the obscure in turn will come into life

and old frustrations will wake to have their say

and the divine peace that resides in all of us

will bloom to out grow all our previous doubts

though sometimes it all seems a little too rough

fear not

for the road to your inner self

has many, many inspiring routes

and all lead to a calmer, brighter and much, much

finer version of you

your soul, the true essence of you..............

(Jan. 25, 1996)

Author's Notes/Comments: 

I found myself once in such peaceful clarity and from that moment this poem evolved.

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