Stop Trying to Heal Yourself

Stop trying to heal yourself, fix yourself,
even awaken yourself.
Stop trying to fast-forward the movie of your life.

Let go of "letting go."
Healing is not a destination.
Be here.

Your pain, your sorrow, your doubts, your longings,
your fearful thoughts: they are not mistakes,
and they aren't asking to be "healed."

They are asking to be held. Here, now, lightly,
in the loving, healing arms of present awareness.

Jeff Foster