I Thought I Was A Realist Until...

How my coach changed my mind with one question

Coach, if you’re reading, thanks for caring enough to ask the hard and ugly questions.

Palm trees never lean. But they sway.

The Pessimist

by Kellion Knibb

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Amidst 
the deafening screams
of discomfort 
is space to grow

Reflecting
on the noise, 
I find stillness 
and depth 

In the pain, 
I find space to heal,
sensing
that I will never be the same.

Some people 
get a high
from the drama, 
the chaos

And others 
want nothing more 
than to come down 
so we can see more clearly 
and through renewed lens 
where we’d been 
and the nature
of who we had to become. 

There is a calmness 
that descends 
once we stop 
and listen  
to the fall 
of our own tears 
and the sounds 
of the Mayhem 
that we wreaked 
on ourselves. 

In that calm,
we get to reclaim the power
that we gave to the pessimist
we call our Mind.