What if?

​What if?
 
What if
 
every day was a new opportunity?
 
What if we
 
 did not drag the garbage bag full of
 
                        self-hate
                        anger
                        resentments
                        attachments to what was
                        blame
to the new day?
           
What if we
 
            did not repeat the same experiments expecting different results?
 
What if we
 
            suspended judgments
            dropped the dualities?
 
We if we
 
            faced head on the mirror of the destructive filth of
                        racism
                        sexism
                        homophobia
                        creation of the other?
 
What if we
 
            celebrated the gifts of each other.
            embraced our wildlife cousins
            bowed down to the forest
            listened to the songs of the whales, the birds and the elephants
            held tight to the whole of the universes?
 
What if we
 
            laughed often
            pushed the air with feet until the swing soared over the trees.
            forgave ourselves and each other as quickly as little children?
 
We if we
 
            were okay with being perfect in our imperfectness?
 
What if we
 
            answered hate (fear)  with love?
 
What if we
 
tied a bow in the ribbon which connects our head and heart?
 
What if?
                       
Written August 23, 2019
Jimmy F Pickett
coachpickett.org