Wednesday, October 19, 2022

The Immovable Object

One important thing my parents taught me
each in their own way
was immovability
which is not inherently virtue or vice
it can manifest as stubbornness
an inability to compromise
an inaccurate self righteousness
but it can also manifest as principle
an expression of character
an adherence to truth

As a result of their example
I found within my self a threshold
beyond which, regardless of consequence,
I would not pass through
the trick of course is tempering this quality
with fluidity, with humility
identifying the appropriate when
to deploy the simple, powerful declarative
No.
and mean it
with totality.

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