When we get curious about our minds, we sway back and forth between philosopy and technique, mind and body, validation and exploration, and in doing so, we uncover many personal truths and insights that help us move forward to the better place we are seeking. In my chair, I listen well and deeply to the pain, the thoughts, the confusion of mind and heart. I listen to human experiences - universal, yet unique too. And somehow, usually, healing flows, through all the doubts and through life being life and thoughts and feelings being what they humanly are. And mostly in the not-alone-ness of the process we start to find ourselves, and find clarity. And so when I came across this poem, by Phil Maher I was reminded once again of the power of thought, of how we often believe our innocent human minds in any give moment and that what flows from there, depending on how we tend to it, can pull us down, or lift us gently above the turbulence, without ever having to do a thing. Just because being open can point us there.
Just Because
Just because I know something
Doesn't mean I have to say it
Just because I'm right
Doesn't mean I need to show you that you are wrong.
Just because I know a negative truth about someone
Doesn't mean I don't have to be kind to them
Just because I'm attracted to someone
Doesn't mean they are going to like me
Just because I believe something strongly
Doesn't mean I have to make others believe too
Just because I see a lot of evil in the world
Doesn't mean there isn't a lot of good too
Just because I can't see God's plan
Doesn't mean He doesn't have one
Just because I'm tired of waiting, that it's taking too much time, or won't happen
Doesn't mean I'm supposed to do something to make it happen.
Just because I'm strong or good at something
Doesn't mean I can take advantage of others.
Just because I think something is true
Doesn't mean it is true.
-Phil Maher (February 2016)
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