[2026 July DCTB Mindfulness Tip]
Here we are in the Messy Middle.
No clear beginning of how we arrived
in this most uncomfortable place.
No ending in sight.
We cannot go back.
The past does not exist
other than in our minds.
The future remains unwritten
filled with hope and despair.
Here we are
in this mysterious place
of Becoming.
Thoughts create dream worlds
inspiring feelings
of tears of rage of laughter.
These mirages seem so real
yet they vanish like smoke
once another story enters the mind.
The physicality of existence
demands our engagement
even sitting on the sidelines is a choice
as bodies must act in one way or another.
What to do?
What to do but embrace
this Messy Middle of confusion
as all the systems of the world
within and without
turn about?
No repulsion.
No clinging.
Paying attention
Dancing
with all that arises and falls away
doing whatever needs to be done.
This is the way beyond the Way
where we dance
with the ever-changing Light.
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