Our Best Self

If we do not change 

our idealized viewpoint 

of our flawed past 

we are destined 

to continually repeat 

its damning mistakes 

Change requires acceptance 

that ‘what was’ 

should never have been

and ‘what is’ 

is not enough 

or ‘what was’

and ‘what is’ 

will always be 

We must stop clinging

to yesterday’s mistakes

and embrace 

today’s new reality 

else, we can never evolve

or resolve to become

our best self 

Cast off the shackles 

of fear driven hatred

we must free our minds 

of imagined superiority 

we must accept 

the equality 

of every man and woman 

of every nation and tribe 

I do not need

to be better than you

only better

than my former self

as daily, I strive 

to be my best self  

Still waters 

Become stagnant

Inviting death and decay

Change is essential 

Life is in the flow

It is only then 

We may become

Our best self

© Ron Simpson Jr. 

January 27, 2021