When people don’t like a choice you make,
they sometimes say to you:

What if everybody would do the same?

Of course, that’s not going to happen.
Because not everybody
is the same, thinks the same, does the same.

So keep making your own choices.

In the cinema of our heads
some old movies play,
again and again.

The beginning, the ending,
the stumbling, the shame.

But we can stand up,
leave our popcorn,
leave our coke,
reach out to our actors,

embrace them,
hug them,
make our peace.

Their movie has been made,
ours is still being filmed.

Two horses playing together in a meadow,
touching noses,
cuddling with their heads,
playfully biting, jumping.

I smiled,
happiness bubbling up.

But there was a journey to finish.
So I sped past on my bicycle.

After one minute
I was back at the meadow.

The journey could wait.

You can write
beautiful words
about life and love.

Don’t forget
to live them.

Who decided on this deadline?
Who needs to do the work?

And the main question:
Who will do the dying?

Luckily nobody will.

So maybe everybody
can be a bit more realistic
and a bit more relaxed?

Stressed out,
irritated,
cocktail of emotions.

Stop, slow down and breathe.
You will see options that you didn’t see before.