What if

What if…

You did not come here to serve a higher purpose?

To serve others or

to serve any “thing” at all?

What if…

You came to serve only yourself?

But not serve,

Discover, develop, refine, blossom

Reach full-fillment?

What if…

You came to experience the sacredness of the planet

in physical form

so you could know it

as Yourself,

as Source?

And, since time in this form is limited,

What if…

You stopped wasting time on anything other than

your own experience,

growth,

learning,

remembering,

appreciating?

What if…

You lived in the physical world

with such reverence and gratitude

for All That Is

That you recognize

the path of

Every Other Being

is as unique and holy

as your own?

These are not idle, silly thoughts.

As a human blessed with critical thinking skills,

why waste them?

Why willingly turn your awareness,

your decision-making freedom,

over to another?

Or worse, to a machine?

I choose ME,

the ME in this body

that exists independent of form.

To experience this exquisite world

and be as human as possible.

As beloved poet Mary Oliver asks,

Tell me, what is it you plan to do

with your one wild and precious life?

—Shelley Lieber, 2.26.26