TETHERS

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TETHERS

Some folks might wander lonely as a cloud

Drifting in whatever direction those high altitude winds blow

Yet this is not the way for most of us

We are tethered, willingly or not

To many things, places, memories, people, opinions

Obligations, habits, and sources

Invisible cords that keep us from drifting away

Into the wild blue yonder

We value our freedom, wanting as much freedom as possible

While we also need to be Someone somewhere doing something

The tethers need to be strong enough that the winds of chance

Do not blow us away

Some tethers are left over from the past, dangling uselessly

Or dragging worn out behaviors

Those can be cut away completely 

Or attached to something relevant to our current lives

We must be able to move forward on our chosen paths

While having the stability of being tethered to reality

And our true selves

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