Retrospection

So far in the story I'm currently in and figure I don't have all that long left to stay in, I've experienced many things. And learned a lot. Again? Who really knows. I will say I know when I look back, all along I was doing the best I could given my belief system and level of awareness. I've learned that about all people - we are all doing our best, not trying to do our worst (even though others may judge that to be the case), and with that realization there's no taking offense at anything anyone does. We are all worthy of and capable of the greatest of Love.

Who Am I Really?
B. Rae

You say,
“But it does exist!
I remember it all too well.
I cannot get over it.
It has shaped and defined me.
My past shines here
In my ever flowing tears.”

I say,
“Oh really?
The past exists because you remember
That which resides only in your mind?
An illusion from the past
You keep alive as though, once again, it were now?

Be here.
Be now.
Be well.

Lay it down,
This burden you hoard and carry.
Leave it in your illusive past.
Let it dim and die.
Do not dig the bones to see
If decay has set in.
Leave them safely in their nonexistent tomb.

Be here.
Be now.
Be well.

Do not tell me why you would
Choose to lug the shackles of your dreary past
As you continue on your way.
It is not needful.
It serves you not at all.”

“But, it defines me.
It tells me who I am.
Who would I be without this past of mine
To identify and carry me?”

“You would be free.”