Firsts

Firsts

There's something very fresh about the first

The newness reminding us of how unknown it all is

Firsts are filled with openness to all possibilites

What if we live as if every day was the first

As if we had never seen any of it before

Nothing had a name, or a mental construct.

Start here, just as you are, Now

See yourself as if you had never seen yourself

See with a curious invitation to ask, “What AM I?”

Hear each thought one at a time

Separate units with a life of its own

hear each thought with flexibility and fluidity

Feel your own body as if you were blind

inside out, and outside in

feel it with intention to know it beyond anatomy

how different life is from this first

how powerful each moment becomes

how fresh and light our existence is from this first