Start Where You Are

I know the long way round well

I’m accustomed to the scenic route

Worse for wear, but I took my lot

Cut my cloth, into a custom three piece suit

Best dressed man on the bus

Wise ahead of my years

But I can’t pretend I’ve got it all sussed

Couldn’t begin to tell you why anyone’s here

I’m just trying to bring a little bit of order out the chaos

Without the slightest guarentee that all of this will pay off

Acting off a hunch but imagine if i’m wrong

I’m lamenting to a woman in a cafe over lunch

She said “everyone’s in the same boat

Just relax and enjoy the trip”

But I said “I don’t know where all of this is going!”

And she said “that’s exactly the point of it”

I know we learn to read the signs

But there is more than meets the eye

I hear them call, they lead the blind

I block them out, I’ll be just fine

I’ve got a feeling in my gut

I know this ceiling can be pushed

I’m slowly healing, building trust

But you’ve got to start where you are

You can only start where you are

You’ve got this idea of who you want to be

And then you’ve got the person you are

And on your worst days

Those two people

Couldn’t feel further apart

And that’s got you in panic mode

There’s so far you still have to go

You want it all to move faster though

But truly how much do you have control?

See control is mostly a myth

It’s obsessive compulsiveness

We’ve all got a bunch of goals on a list

Most of us haven’t written down a whole lot of ticks

It doesnt matter

Pick a place and head for it

Every day take another step forward

And so chaos begets order

Sorted

I guess, sorta?

I know we learn to read the signs

But there is more than meets the eye

I hear them call, they lead the blind

I block them out, I’ll be just fine

I’ve got a feeling in my gut

I know this ceiling can be pushed

I’m slowly healing, building trust

But you’ve got to start where you are

You can only start where you are

May we drop our expectations

May we give ourselves some time

May we shed our desperation

May we get out of our mind

May the act of exhilation

Cleanse the toxins from our hearts

May we work through our frustrations

And then start from where we are