From Reactive to Proactive

You are advised to live each day with intention

But you feel like you are living perpetually in suspension

Between what you would like to do and what happens to you

As a passive observer rather than active participant you go through

The meandering streets of your life, with a faint hope in mind

That someday the ability to live life more intentionally you would find

But there are so many roadblocks that instead of being proactive

You continue to live life in a manner reactive

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You long for the pace of your life to slow down temporarily

So that you can think and reflect momentarily

But you are always on the go, taking decisions on the spot

There is no time to spend in contemplation or conscious thought..

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Until one day enough is enough, you decide

From the chaos of the world you retreat and hide

To give yourself the much needed time and space

To reflect and think, only then you come out to face

The cacophony of noise in the world outside

But you have broken free from it, you are calmer inside

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There are times when there is nothing else to do

Except retreat in a corner, let calmness prevail over you

To break free from the stimuli to which you’ve been reacting constantly

And mapping out your next steps with intentionality