AVANT SOUL

We get hurt
Because we think we should mean more to everyone
    and their story
And in truth, we're peripheral
    and we don't mean as much as we might like.

The existential realization is that we want to mean more —
        yet almost everyone
        is  w r a p p e d  around
            their own destiny.

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We can take it personally
that others don't respond
...to  what  we're  giving...

but we fail to realize
that they're not
EQUIPPED

to take
i t
in

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Even though we believe we should mean infinitely
            more to everyone, they're invested
            with  their  own carry–on  luggage.

                                            ("I'm carrying my own bags,
                                                THANK–YOU VERY MUCH!")

We can take it personally
that others continue to be unresponsive to our gifts,

        But
            they're all wrapped up
               with tangling — or untangling —
               their own gift wrap.  They're wondering where
                                to put the bow , whether to take a bow,
                                or just bow out.  And we feel like saying,

                                    BOW – WOW,
                                       what  about  ME?

                                    (Maybe we want to be
                                            the beau...)


                                                    Oh no,
                                               they say,
                                               we're all
                                               strung up
                                            in ourselves.

                                                s o r r y.


Wrapped around destiny... Or perhaps just tangled around gift WRAP.


    So, dear friends, picture this – and ask yourself:

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Imagine that you're
in a boat
...and  what  would...
HAPPEN
if you stopped
rowing?

... Would THEY do the work ?
...  or Would they just SIT THERE ... With their parasol?

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Yes, What Would Happen
if  you  Stopped  Rowing?