~ Free To Be ~

Free To Be ...........



We all look for reasons for being
A reason to do something
A reason to act
A reason to be something


We say to ourselves
If only I had this or that
Then I will be happy


So we wait for something
To motivate us
Dare us to succeed
Dare us to change
Dare us to be


Our past seems our
Constant companion
And cruelest of enemies
Never forgetting previous follies


Perhaps the greatest dilemma of all
When we begin treating
Our dreams as imposters
Come only to create future
Dissappointment and despair


Tragically losing
What could have been


So we wait for
Our opportunity
Our time
Our chance


Sadly
Waiting for
The perfect moment
The perfect reason
Will never come


Is it fear that hinders us
Fear of failure?
Or is it something else entirely?
For if it's failure we fear
Who or what defines it ?


Could it be
That the true villain isn't fear
But the failure to accept this one truth
That our worth
Isn't defined by the world
It's defined by us


When looking for a reason
To be something
Remove these shackles of comparison
Don't be, just because
That's what you ought to be
Be, because that's who you are


If comparison is the guiding light
That defines the markers
Along our path
It's not our path we wander


There is a whisper within us
We all feel it
We all know it


This indescribable greatness
That lies within every human soul
A value that cannot be
measured
explained
or proven
It just is


Never allow entrance of your heart
The world's definition of your value
It will create something
Entirely unattainable
Hopelessly out of grasp


Will we define our greatness
By comparing ourselves to others
Or
By looking within ourselves ?
That is the question


Shrug off these shackles that bind
The world's definition of you
And your value
And you will be free as never before


Free from fear
Free from despair
Free to succeed


Free to be ....