Over the years, I talked so much
that, like a car speeding down a dirt
road, I couldn’t see anything but
what I stirred up with all my talk.
Thankfully, loss broke my axle
and forced me to stop. When
the dust settled, I could see.
Then love picked me up and
took me to the nearest town,
where I started a school for
seekers who talk too much.
In time, we taught each other
to listen like dragonflies who
touch the water without
making a ripple.
Now, to listen is to
breathe with my heart.
Now, I have so little to say
that strangers think I’m a
nobody, just when I’m
finally becoming
everybody.
A Question to Walk With: Describe the difference between who you were ten years ago and who you are today.
This excerpt is from a new book in progress, Returning to Where I’ve Never Been.
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