Do Something Radical Today

Do something radical today.

Show up for the crispness of this morning

offered so generously to you

without a demand in the world.

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Delete the word ‘ordinary’ from your dictionary.

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Do you really believe

this day is devoid of miracles

just because it’s porridge again for breakfast?

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Amazement is a good swimmer

don’t drown your spirit in gruel.

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Do something radical today.

Take yourself for a walk

leave the Instagram cage on the kitchen table.

Run free.

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Follow your breath

rather than the old storyline

of who you are

who you were

and who you will be

and why

and who’s responsible.

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Do something radical today.

Inhale the sweet smell of silence

allow your tired body

to stretch out on a bench

in full sight of passers by.

Your indulgence in being

might inspire

more than you can imagine.

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Do something radical today.

Tell someone you love them

Give a smile to a stranger

without expecting one in return.

Bath your spirit

in the essence of a kind word

without ruining it

with a ‘yes, but’.

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Do something radical today.

Ignore the adverts

trying to sell you a holiday

as escape

from who knows what

telling you to add sweetness to your life

by trying that new chocolate flavour

if the cruise isn’t on the cards.

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Don’t believe the lies

Don’t believe the hype.

No need for that special cordless hoover

just sit still

and clean the cobwebs

off the corners of your mind.

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Do something radical today.

Gaze at the nightsky

rather than at the screen

step out of your front door and sing

just for the sake of it.

Awe is always just one breath away.

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Turn your back on the church of MORE

enter into

the vast cathedral of love instead.

Worship there, daily.

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Invite softness

Pause

Feel sadness without judgement and regret

Remember to bath in joy.

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Your heart will carve

gentle groves into the sand

if you just let it.

Follow them.

Follow them.

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Do something radical today.

Stand tall.

Breath.

Take refuge.

Trust in what your shoulders tell you

they are masters

in the language of contraction and expansion.

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Do something radical today.

Turn into a song

and knock on heaven’s door

it will open

if you don’t push to hard.

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You are invited to enter

into a barcodeless world

if you just dare

to do something radical today.