Finding Your Way

Finding Your Way

If you only
connect the dots
from point A to point B,
from here to there,
and back again
without looking beyond the horizon
how will you ever find your way?

If you only
follow the arrows,
or the bread crumbs
on the well worn trail,
or the maddening crowd
to the next best thing
how will you find your way?

If you always
chase the newest fads
like everyone else does
because it's safe,  it's comfortable
and rarely venture
on the path less traveled...




















Then...
Where will you be
in five or ten years?
Will you be any further along,
or still searching for a rainbow
down a dead-end street
lost and looking for a way home...

Did you know
if you listen to your heart
~truly stop and listen~
shutting out all the foolish chatter
and raucous noise of the world
to hear the still, small voice within
you can find your way.

It won't be easy,
not in the times we live in.
For we are surrounded
by smoke and mirrors,
by glitter and hype
and by the hyperbole
of asinine people
with selfish intent.

But, hold this close
inside your heart:
the map to find your way
and the knowledge
to be who you are
shines bright as a star
within you,
always within.

Rose S. Williams
Southernstoryteller©2012