Day by Day

I remember a time when days felt indistinguishable from one another

A blur of night and day

That seemed infinite in it's potential for consistency

Days might as well had been weeks or months

Most times, I would wake up way after the sun has said good morning

But these days, I find myself saying farewell to the stars at night

And when dawn breaks, I open my eyes and greet the sun as it travels skyward

I feel motivated to make the small changes

That day by day show their value

I can feel the progression of my character with every sacrifice of self I make

The more of myself that I relinquish, the more my soul seems to flourish

I used to fiend for the answers to how to better myself

I was desperate for knowledge and truth

And in the pursuit of it

I failed to realize the very paradoxical nature of that pursuit

The more truth I attempted to discover only steered my further away from it

My desires for knowledge stunted my ability to learn

And now,

It feels like I am making some progress

Day by Day