The Art of Centering

Irritation.  

Frantic running.

Handle bars of life.

Keep me in my center, 

away from all the strife?

I shouldn’t ever feel the things old mind tapes always play.

But if I don’t how can I find 

my center in this day?!

Slow is irritating.

Fast, a frantic marathon.

To get things in a scheduled life all perfect and all done

‘The hurrider I go ahead, the behinder' I do go

Then when I do, I stand so still

All I can say is NO.

I can’t do this, I can’t do that.

I really have no time.

Yet keeping in my center, the rhythm is all mine.

Slow or maybe quickly,  

I find there's been no need 

To get things done by Thursday

or even by next week.

It’s only in the journey and

peaceful daily steps I seek

that my ‘hurrider’ slows down

and ‘behinder’ catches up.

“Anytime you sense you are getting overrun by 

outside influences and losing your feeling, put 

your attention inside your body.  Relax........let

 your breath sink low...breathe in your abdomen...”

- Anne Kent Rush