The second step

I am now on the second step of a 365 step journey. This is a journey that I must take, step by step, moment by moment, breath by breath.

I am good at the first ten or fifteen yards of the 50 yard dash.

But the marathon?

This morning, I energized, meditated, and asked myself the 108 questions in a whispering voice.

Now, I am listening to them.

I can feel a part of myself arise, that crusty castle wall that says: "No, you will not enter the land of consistent spiritual practice. You will stay in the forest of distraction, delusion, illusion, fancy, toys, and shiny things.

"But I must enter," I say to the large castle wall.

"You will not."

"I will."

And so I sit at the wall, and meditate.

I ask of myself who I am.

I ask and I breathe.

And I let-go.