Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Shaking Off Habitual Paralysis....

We grow accustomed to the Routine....(the Rut)
and we don't necessarily See it happening...
Although there is generally a Little voice somewhere DEEP inside...
saying, "DO IT !!!   BREAK OUT !!"
Ultimately...
Whether or not we actually choose to do so ??
WELL.....
That,
my friends,
 is ENTIRELY up to US....
For there is a level of SUBLIME comfort in the DISCOMFITURE...
We are creatures of habit and patterning and predictability...
Fascinatingly so...
Even when we THINK that we've made some grandiose gesture...
That we've brought about some version of MONUMENTAL HAPPENING...
Sure enough....
(Now get this!)
the ENORMOUS CHANGES immediately begin to
 CLONISH LY resemble the old circumstances !
And we think that WE ARE SO EVOLVED...
SO ASCENDED...
and UNIQUE...
and WILD...
But REALLY...
we are just ROBOTS with skin and nails and hair....
MARCHING to the beat of an all-too-familiar DRUMMER....
Can you jive with what I'm saying ?
Can you admit to being "ONE OF THE PACK" ?
Break out of your shells, BROHEIMS....
Take a walk on the WILD SIDE....
Try it...
Strap that tedious MATZOH onto your back....and JUST GO......

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