SoC #12
- Its late and the quiet surrounds me
- I put on the funny Koss earbuds that block out external sounds and before I turn on the MP3 player its even quieter…
- such aural isolation can frighten yet it feels so good right now
- were my ears ringing all this time and I didn’t hear it over the NYC din?
- such thoughts and quests can wait
- I feel relief that the day is put to rest or will be soon
- the days filled with productive work, hard running, and strengthened relationships stretch my life
- like a rubber band one way
- to offer such restful sleep when my lively day yields to night and subconsciousness
- as the rubber snaps to the other side
- sure there are concerns and worries and the thoughts that pile on
- yet my resilience is so strong today that I know they will be tackled tomorrow
- if life is a football game, the ball was advanced today
- and then there is time to rest and think of the cheerleaders dancing their enticement
- and let the strategy come to me in my sleep for the next play
- but life isn’t a football game exactly
- we don’t have sponsors to support us
- nor do we have to cater to their brands
- we are in a way our own best cheerleader and sponsors
- its that quiet part of the cycle
- when we can hear everything that whispers inside
- the voices that yearn for attention
- the shouts of needs and screams of hurts upon our bodies and minds and souls
- the enticements leaked into our psyche by carefully NLP’ed ads
- you know the ones that resemble late night infomercials except that they run inside our skulls
- and they key in on our personalized fears and desires
- tricky aren’t they?
- these voices need to be listened to and put to rest, lest they come back again louder in the next refrain
- like a line at a new restaurant where you see a line and think that its important and decide you must eat there
- except you are standing in the line in front of and behind yourself
- be careful to notice this next time
- lest you fear or fool or drool yourself into thinking something is more important than it really is
- and now for some visions of gumdrops and lollipops and cheerleaders …
