Who writes your story?

“Whoever authors your story authorizes your actions.”

― Sam Keen

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the window is black

in the early morning darkness

there is simply nothing there

as I stare out into the unyielding night

it is as if the world

the day

were an empty blackboard

waiting for me to scrawl upon the surface

the script for this day has yet to be written

the fragments of the story litter my calendar

and my inbox

but I have not yet completed a sentence

this day is my story

I get to write it

but how will I write it?

what will my story be?

and do I really get to write my own story?

there are many voices that are more than happy

to tell me

voices that would shape my thoughts and feelings and actions

there are others who want to, and indeed do, author my story

it is inevitable

unavoidable

who will I listen to?

who I choose to listen to

determines my story,

who I choose to trust determines who I listen to

there are ideologues who would shape me and mold me into their image

there are voices that lie and misrepresent

and would write stories of power, and hate

judgment and exclusion

there is one voice alone

I can trust

to write a story of compassion and hope

the voice of the Sacred

not the Sacred as found in a book

or a church

or other places of worship

these have been despoiled

but only the voice of the Sacred within

prompted, perhaps, by Sacred Word

stirred perhaps,

by music

can author a story

authorize actions

that bring forth love and peace

only that inner presence

nurturing

loving and informing

my true self

can help me write a Sacred story

and I love happy endings

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O Sacred one

as I write my story on the blank slate of this day

may your Presence

inform and inspire

may the story that unfolds

be one of compassion, and patience

forgiveness and giving

may you be true author of my story

and may my actions be authorized by your love