Self-examination
Is a vital point
To a vital life.
I can choose to grow not;
I can choose to stagnate;
I can choose to ignore spiritual invitations.
But I am given many opportunities
To choose to look within
Before or after I point without.
My inventory, my daily reflection,
Is mine.
I don’t have to berate myself
Or listen to old, condemnatory voices,
Father God’s in my head.
My inventory.
My growth. My willingness. My perception of
What life has to offer
And my belief
That I am deserving.
My mistakes. My insights. My solutions.
Listening to inward promptings
And outward advice.
Open to both, wise to both,
Learning from both.
How much do I truly desire
And deeply yearn for
A new life
With no strings or preconditions attached?
How much desire do I really have
For transformation?
How much openness do I have
For growing on a daily basis?
The unexamined self
Is a self not really living.
(Steve Snyder)