In times past, when my two most heartfelt values clashed, overlong
My intelligence felt so painfully conflicted as to have
Confounded my conscious mind's sense of logic
When my conscious mind felt conflicted, causing
My sense of logic to feel confounded
My spirit, carrying such heavy weights
Failed to thrive for this reason:
I, who had been schooled in the importance of choices
Had mistakenly believed that the only way to
Regain inner peace was to choose
One value over the other, and not until
I had reason to place my faith in intuitive thought giving
Birth to insight, which sheds light on deeper truth (to which
My conscious mind had been blind), did
My decision-making process learn to
Muster the patience necessary to simplify
Emotional complexity, which in the absence of clarity
Had torn my mind in two
Today, my faith in intuitive thought musters
Such a high level of patience as to calm frustration until
The emergence of one insight igniting another opens my eyes to
Deeper truth, which expands a narrow mindset, which had been
Taught to accept black or white so that in the absence of
Intuitive thought, communicating deeper truth to which
My conscious sense of awareness had been blind my ense of
Right vs wrong could not re-adjust until such time as
My intelligence began to redirect the course of my path to
Make conscious gains in personal growth, which
Surprised no one as much as me, and if you asked how
That change for the better happened for me, I'd reply ...
I'm not yet clear about that, but I believe that once
My sense of readiness releases the story telling portion of
My mind, intuitive thought will tap into insight, which will
Shine a spotlight on the answer to that question, so
Once again, patience must be yours and mine
If at this point in time you ask:
Annie, how does insight help you to strengthen your ability to
Simplify emotional complexity, I'd call upon intuitive thought to reply:
Time and again, life's darkest hardships have offered
My intelligence reason to call forth creativity, thus
Brightening days, darkened by excruciating levels of pain
(both emotional and physical) by designing a technicolored
Inner life, which, over these past two decades, has come to feel
So natural that as a result of having identified my need to tolerate
Elevated levels of pain without casting undeserved guilt on anyone else
My spirit's need to thrive (rather than survive) was preserved, and
Now that I stop to think about it, I can see how, during those deeply
Troubling times, hindsight offered me the foresight to make that
Intuitive decision: You see, subconsciously, I remembered my
Grandma, who could not tolerate her pain, casting
Undeserved guilt onto my grieving mother after Janet's tragic death, and
Thus is the human brain amazing when the sum of its interactive parts
Work together before our conscious minds have even learned to
Embrace this reality:
Once the human brain has become well-practiced at functioning as
A well-balanced whole, you and I grow to feel fully capable of
Conceiving of plans that draw from the best of two worlds, suggesting
That two heads are better than one as long as both minds
Prove so inquisitive, concerning tapping into a wide variety of
Mental powers as to carve out a path of personal growth where
Two individuals can freely experience an existential awakening that catalyzes
Like minds to reach beyond conventional thought patterns in order to
Create a safe haven where soul mates can contemplate their growing sense of
Mindfulness until eventually, both individuals, who take turns encouraging
Each other's mental processes to simplify emotional confusion, evolve
To embrace an expanded view of this path of their own creation, which offers
Their interconnected sense of leadership the ability to absorb
Srings of insights that enhance their ability to resolve conflicts, which
Had previously seemed unsolvable to both
If you ask, Annie, how do you know this path exists? I'd reply:
As an instructor of family communications
I've actually led countless participants to open their minds to
Believe that sparks of insight await discovery within
The intuitive portion of their minds
Then, I'd add: Once insight into your brain's innate potential to
Carve an existential path (without leaving any loved one behind)
Brightens your conscious mind, your readiness to
Tap into intuitive thought will ignite strings of insight, and once
Insights into deeper truths start popping like popcorn your
Sense of personal growth will be at a standstill no more
And once the varied parts of your brain have been
Stimulated to react to solution-seeking, as a well balanced whole
You, too, can expect to keep your sights focused on
Carving a path where patience, positive focus and
A growing sense of intuitive clarity resolve
Classic conflicts, resulting in
Your spirit experiencing sheer delight
And now, having summarized all of that, I wonder if
Your memory can name the pair of values, which
Need to thrive, side by side, before
Your spirit's comfort zone can cast off
The heavy mental weight of undeserved guilt
(Carried forth since childhood) thus
Freeing your adult thought processor to function with
Such a sense of wholesome pleasure, concerning
Your future, as to sweep a self defeating sense of
Negatively focused defensiveness away, opening mind space to
Create a change for the better, concerning values, which
Had seemed to clash when you were a guilt-ridden child whose
Sense of personal safety could not possibly have made sense of
The emotional madness caused by over-reactive adults
As for now, Steven and Ravi are due, momentarily, to
Grace my heart with their precious presence, so
Here is why I'll leave your think tank to contemplate
The answer to the lengthy question asked above:
Once your existential quest adjusts your life's path toward
Reconciling this mysterious pair of values, your mind will
Experience such mental relief from daily stress as to
Offer your restless spirit sound reason to relax, and
Once mind and spirit are on the same page, we sleep so
Peacefully throughout each night as to
Find your truest self and mine awakening, each
Morning, feeling fully alive and eager to reach out for each other ...
PS ... Need a hint to encourage your memory bank to
Reveal this pair of values to your conscious mind?
This is not the first post penned concerning
Our need to expand the narrowness of the mindset that
Makes us feel like this pair of values crash head on until
Our brain patterns brighten to insight so naturally as to
Highlight and absorb one deeper truth after another until
Clarity stimulates readiness to declare that two heads, working
Heartfully together to create change for the better, are better than one ...
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