Fable of the Man Who Keeps Finding His Peace by mythsteps published on 2024-03-01T21:01:18Z FABLE OF THE MAN WHO KEEPS FINDING HIS PEACE Years ago disturbed by all the turbulence I decided I should do my part to calm our hurricane. But my little agitated wings only stirred the storm more. Finally I realized I could not help unless I found the peace the masters said resides within. So I sat down in a shelter and closed my eyes and ears to the storm outside only to find a storm inside. Had the wise ones lied to us? Where was that damn place of peace! In desperation, I continued and by working down through the blow of my noise I finally discovered the calm center promised. So when I resurfaced I felt especially pleased— especially proud and wanted to tell all about what I’d found. But what I’d found was soon lost when the disturbance began to disturb me again. The joy of progress followed by the pain of regression. Despairing, I delved once again. Thus began a pattern repeated many times since then: going within then going back out again. Back and forth. Down and up. The exercise often seems hopeless. But I persist, because to survive the weather outside I need the relief of my blessed moments of peace. Genre poetry