seeds – The Halfwit Writer

Halloween Haunt

I don’t feel right
I can’t be normal
an alien in another’s skin —
how uncomfortable at times
I see myself needing
I see myself performing
I watch the satisfaction of each urge
depressed (only) momentarily, popped
deflated pimple, red, temporary
embarrassing, addictive
craving will resurface, a monster
people argue its existence — Loch Ness —
but the lie lays bare before us
recognized or not

so, it is with robotic sensibilities
I feel myself refuse to yield
to another pointless pleasure
and instead feel pain!
which I know is not the way —
but how else will I recognize
when I am being led astray
if not by monitoring such deceits
especially harmful, discovering

my own mind is the evil
that haunts me

Plant a seed | FF 5

If you spend the present moment worrying about the future, you are wasting the present moment’s gift of training for your future.

Look around you. Feel within you.

What is it you can learn right now that will make a future obstacle or battle easier to defeat, to win?

Mental training is more important than physical training. Despite all the talk around mental health, only now are we starting to make the very simple methods for training the mind more available: mindfulness and meditation.

Plant seeds for a better tomorrow. Don’t plant the seeds of fear and worry. Make small steps toward true happiness.

Be an athlete. Train your mind. Don’t let others control you.