Sometimes, maps can lead us Home.
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Where we are going
Informed by where we’ve been
Our old Stories, with us today
As a fresh start we begin.
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Often, our Stories are hidden
Stacked over decades of our past
Dark valleys, mountain tops
All useful, from first to last.
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How to discover, how to mine
Takes quiet time, being brave
Patterns uncovered, desires clear
Future tomorrows to save.
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This hard work, so rewarding
As we seek to Remember
Helps tame the inner inferno
With perspective, reduced to ember.
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Life unexamined
Snares and entraps,
Freedom, surrender available
As we explore our life's story
Maps.
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