Being Here – Day 22
Being Here – Poem Day 22
When I can’t stop pushing forward – Noticing
When I can’t get started
We remain within the theme of agency and reward,
but today the focus shifts.
After meeting relentless forward drive, today’s poem turns toward the other side of the same system — the moments when movement doesn’t arrive at all.
When I can’t get started – this is a functional poem for times of low agency:
– when initiative feels distant,
– when action stalls,
– when energy doesn’t gather on demand.
This poem does not motivate.
It does not encourage starting, or suggest that something is wrong.
It works by allowing stillness to be safe, so readiness can emerge without being forced.
Nothing is required.
Nothing needs to be decided.
Listening is enough. Simply listen to the poem and let the words land is enough.
Warmly,
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Poem – When I can’t get started
There is no rush here to begin.
Nothing is waiting to be proven.
The body is already somewhere real,
supported without needing to gather energy,
allowed to stay exactly where it is.
Attention rests with what’s present,
not searching for momentum,
not looking for a reason to move.
Weight settles gently,
not heavy,
not dragging,
simply placed.
Breath continues quietly,
uninvolved,
arriving and leaving without being asked to change.
Warmth appears slowly,
subtle rather than bright,
enough to be felt without needing to grow.
The chest remains steady.
It doesn’t need to lift.
It doesn’t need to collapse.
Stillness is allowed to be still.
Pausing is not treated as failure.
Nothing is missing from this moment.
The body recognises that readiness is not created by force.
It arrives when there is enough ground to stand on.
There is a sense of being here without pressure to act,
present without needing direction.
This moment does not ask you to start.
It doesn’t ask you to decide.
It simply lets you remain,
inside a body that knows how movement begins when it is time.
For now, that is enough.
