How Could You?

How could we know something and not do it if we think we want to
Like say something we would love to speak and we do not
Eat what is better for us than other things
Do the work we want to do rather than carry the burden of 'I'll do it later"

How could we feel something and not act on it

I have been wanting to do that my whole life

My whole life I never went to, ate at, tried this

I have always loved him, her, them and never said anything

How could we live life and not do what we desire

As though someone took it away from us and told us we can't

We are the only person stopping us from doing what we think about doing

We are the only person who can say no to us

If someone else were to say no to us, that would be the very thing we would want to do

Why is it when there is something nice or rewarding that we put it off

And we live in the have to's

I have to do this because...

Let the good in, what ever your good is

Let your wants seep in without guilt

Replace guilt with love

Guilt is a manmade emotion

Love is understanding and compassion

When you are happy, those around you are happier

When you are happy you have much more to give and share

When you are not, you get angry at others much faster

When you are happy the world becomes a plate of appetizers and some huge meals

When you are happy saying yes is easier than saying no to yourself

Do what makes you happy

Take a day off to hear yourself think

Eat well, it is as easy and tasty as it is to not eat well, only you will feel better at the end of the day

Go for a drive and put on older music and live in how far you have come for a moment

Go to an ocean, mountains, open land and enjoy the vastness that puts us all in perspective

Remember the moments of your life that were big transitions to change and how you were successful

Take on that you have a life, a ticket to be on Earth and to live on Earth

That means you are a person too

And that is what people do

They take part, invent, reinvent, attempt, reattempt, have issues and solve them, have jobs and change them, have children and are changed by them

We are all in the same race

The race to grow older and complain about our age

Yet our age is our right to say

I have done that and my experiences have made me more sure to try as I understand

I say to anyone

How could you take the joy out of your own life?

Find the pockets of joy in your heart and open the paths to let them be

Slowly at first

More as you are use to it

As it will become you to live in joy

As it grows into solidity

And becomes you, your soul, who you are

Who you are is all you have and all we see

Waiting becomes a mindset

Starting is a thrill