Embracing the Curriculum

 Embracing the Curriculum

Quietly I sit in this old familiar spot

sipping on the tea that refuses to stay  hot

I read a bit, I think a bit, I type a bit in a desperate fever

to understand reality and to become a true believer

Yet...no matter how many times I reheat this stupid cup

or write  some deep, life changing and prolific  message  up

I can't seem to find the aha moment to make it all seem right

I just can't seem to relieve the mind that is always so uptight.

I know I am hiding  from the reality I need with every word I type

I am hiding from the true curriculum in this "I am a seeker" hype

The lesson is not in thinking about and explaining the life outside that door,

nor is it in getting lost in some practice or by doing more and more.

The learning is found in facing  each thing that painfully emerges from inside 

and facing the circumstances and reactions from which I want to hide. 

Life will give me what ever it is that I am meant to learn

and I will come to trust the teacher with every challenge badge I earn

Each and every  moment is the lesson plan at play

and if I am a good student, I will graduate some day.

Dale-Lyn December 2025

Silly poem ...if you want to even call it that...quickly put together for whatever reason.  Don't judge the poem...it is "bad", I know...(I really feel embarrassed about putting this one up and that is why I know I must put it up!) Just take the message from it if you can. 

All is well