The Ride

Sometimes the world seems to move so fast
In one minute I am in joyous passion
and the other minute I am in agony
Or sometimes I am calm and still
and in other moments there is the underlying discomfort
I am not okay with this moment
What can I do to change it,
What can I eat to not feel it
What can I do to not think about it
Play a game maybe
watch a  movie maybe
go to sleep maybe

All this change
always going on inside me
What do I search for in all of these levels of existence
do I sit still and clear my mind?
Do I dance till the emotions come to a rest
Ohhh how I don't know
Like the world changing
In me is a constant changing
Longing longing longing
to remember that space within
Where there is no noise
Or I am corrected
Where I am okay even when there is noise
I am at peace with all that shows up
I can observe when the waves of life show up
Or maybe I can contain a little
live a little
Be present a little
To all that i do
Focus on right now
Because right now goes to the past in less then a second
Ohh the world in me is always changing
and the vision that displays before me
"be okay with the ride"
Not good or bad
Just what is
Okay with what is, ever changing
and within
the ever stillness can emerge
"Okay with what is"

Received by Stephanie Sarasvati 1/14/2011


Synopsis:

This poem is just another journal entry of what I work with every day.  When I start writing, it always comes to me, be okay with what is.  It goes as a reflex almost for me to change what is.  I carry so many different emotions during the day.  When I catch these emotions (definately not always) I can start with being wherever I am right now, or sometimes to try not to go to far into any story, I concentrate on what I am doing to the best of my ability.  Being as present as possible.  This is my work for today.
May your "ride" carry the passengers of acceptance and presence.