Sagebrush

The peace that you seek is the peace that you will find, stepping into the unknown. Unable to visualize an alternative reality, believing that all that you have seen is normal. Not even knowing what to hope for, having never gleaned serenity in this life. Trusting, that what comes next has to be better than what has come before. Crashing, rock bottom. Rise again, and again. Keep rising. The only way to fail is to stay down. Up! Up, I say! Get up! The command comes from a voice far away, and within. Are you talking to me? Rise again. Leave all the you have known in the bottomless abyss, step forward into the light. Don’t look back… Step by Step. Piece by Piece. Bit by Bit. Let go of your past. Take the burden off, remove your pack. Open it. Look inside. Pull out each item. Hold it. Love it, no matter how much it hurt you. Make friends with everything inside. Go slowly. Be real. Cry, scream, yell… destroy it. And leave it behind. Discard it on the path. Leave no trace of it within you. Keep going. Keep walking, every step leaving another piece behind. Set down your burdens. Empty your pack. Throw the pack into the canyon, hurl it! Carry no more. The only thing you need from this moment forward is all the love and happiness and peace that your hands and heart can hold. Rejoice!