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When Canoeing with two or more Occupants

Lean too far Left

Lean too far Right

The Canoe will list and possibly flip - capsize

Emptying all of the Canoe’s Occupants out

Into the Drink

Dog paddling, sputtering, gesticulating, cursing bad luck and one another

The Occupants will point the Blaming Finger

At the weather, the choppy Waters, some unseen, fear inducing, mysterious Water Monster, the Captain (Who was that, anyway ?)

And Perhaps even the anonymous Collective Crew for their soggy Plight and Fright

Hopefully, EveryOne Knows how to Swim

But even if they don’t, they will probably find themselves clinging for dear Life to possessions, seat pads and paddles that fortuitously happen to Float

The Canoe’s previous Occupants will eventually begin to capitulate and Drift away from their fear based huffing-and-puffing

And Blaming Finger pointing

And begin to Discuss and Theorize the Necessary Actions to upright The overturned Canoe

Re-enter the Safety and Function of the Canoe

And paddle to Shore

Once back into the Canoe All of the disgruntled, upset, and resentful Occupants must continue to Communicate and Work Together

In order to return to the Safety of Dry Land

Or, if the Occupying Crew so Chooses,

To continue to Discover, Explore and Wonder in Awe At the meandering and ever changeable Waterways of Life

Whichever and Whatever the case may Be

While paddling toward their Stated Destination (and/or Destiny)

The front, middle and back Occupying Crew Members Must stroke, stroke, stroke the Water

With Energetic Synchronicity From Left-to-Right, Left-to-Right……

Why ?

If the Occupying Crew Only strokes continuously to the Left

The Canoe, and its Crew, will only go around-and-around in Circles

If the Occupying Crew Only strokes continuously to the Right

The Canoe, and its Crew, will only go around-and-around-and around In Circles within the Waters of Life

Going Nowhere in particular

Energetically stunting, closing off, and Drowning

The Variabilities of Any and All Choices

Making the Occupants Myopically Dizzy And Short-sighted

At whatever speed the sweating Occupants Decide to exert Or not to exert

Round-and-round the Merry (or not so Merry) Canoe-go-Round

Pop ! Go the Common Sensically Reasonable !

Pop ! Go the Far-sighted Imaginings and Envisionings !

The Communication, Analysis and Work Needed for the Occupants of the Canoe to eventually Return To the Stability of Land

And the Comfort of their own Ideals of Home

Are all a part of the difficult Process of The Compromise Imperative for Survival

One for All and the Canoe

And All for One and the Canoe

Funny, how the Energetic Physics of Communities, Countries and Nations Are so much like Floating Canoes and their Crews

Respectfully,

Leah Sellers

Liberty Hill, Texas