THE WALKING WOUNDED

© 2010 Howard McQueen

So, you say you’re not a member of alcoholics anonymous,

that you’ve read and studied the ancient spiritual practices.

However, when the rubber meets the road,

you continually allow yourself to be hijacked,

snatched away from living and loving what is in the present.

Yes, I know.

You can cite a whole network,

a loose federation of folks

also plagued with similar addictions,

seemingly struggling with their inner pressures,

their inability to be at peace and present in the world.

Perhaps its time to let go

of these clingings to the academic spiritual practices,

identifying with all the other walking wounded

and face your spiritual bankruptcy,

and just do the work to clean out and restart

your corrupted and propped up operating system.

Just get it done.

Do it now.

Exercise your muscles.

Let go of the dramatic attempts to suck in others

Into your past that only you can let go of.

Let it come to rest in your past

Let that experience of old

no longer continue to disrupt

the radiant presence

of living and loving yourself,

and others,

in this most precious of now.

Get intimate,

uncover the courage to live in love.

Be in direct communion with choosing to practice love.

Let love rule every aspect of your life.

Phooey on all your stories of belonging to the walking wounded!

They no longer serve you.

See now how you can honor and appreciate this gift of living in the mystery.