The Faux Pas Press

The Faux Pas Press #151

Should?

By Chambo Fresh

The King has stepped off of his thrown. The empress reigns majestic, Star-being from another dimension, shines on the Fool. He looks back at the canyon's road he has traveled and now sees the Fields of Gold he would not have found if he'd quit. There is always a way through if you look, no road to arduous, no journey to stern. And on the other side, you see it. And you know. Now and forever. There are some things that can never be taken away.

Consciousness is the ocean pushing like pioneer-style churns underneath. In each and every soul, placed here, for this time and purpose, is an ocean of pure consciousness waiting to be traveled. And God could and would if he were sought. Light can and will shine if you will seek it. "Well, I'm better off, it is safer and I am more protected here in the Tower." 

"Have I traveled all this way only to find that the one result it yielded was an ethereal life lesson, leaving me with nothing? Have I done all this work only to find a dry pot at the end of the rainbow?"

Let me tell you something. A lesson costs sweat, it costs blood, it costs tears. And is the most valuable ingredient to fulfilling living. From these lessons come more consciousness, from consciousness comes power, from power comes the ability to command the seas. Real power. Consciousness. Whether we should or should not be here is not the question. I don't know if others can see it - whether we yield any return from an action.

I can't tell you whether you should. All I can tell you is that I should. I should focus on my daily actions and how they impact others. Not what new road I should travel or what new home I should own by now. Not the new and improved attributes that your spouse should possess. What new opportunities should have shown up by now. Life happens on life's terms.

All I know is that I need the lesson. In the lesson comes consciousness. I can, will, and should be here, right here, right now. Whether I have something measurable to show someone else is not my concern. What matters is how I think, speak, and act toward myself and others. And we must choose to surrender all of it.

The King has stepped off of his thrown. The empress reigns majestic, Star-being from another dimension, shines on the Fool. He looks back at the canyon's road he has traveled and now sees the Fields of Gold he would not have found if he'd quit. There is always a way through if you look, no road to arduous, no journey to stern. And on the other side, you see it. And you know. Now and forever. There are some things that can never be taken away.