Here I Grow Again

Stretching, reaching, stepping outside that comfort zone 

that encircles me.

Growing.

Who'd-a thought it would take me

44 years

to realize

It's not inside this box that life happens.

It's in abandoning the ordinary,

the what I'm used to,

the what feels comfortable

And in embracing what's new,

different,

and stimulating to the senses

that forces growth

and emergence.

Be brave.

Grow with me.