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The season

Sometimes you just need space to see
The truth that you have longed for
It opened up a path for me
A path that I adore

Structure and method are hard for me
Although I use them successfully
To do the work I need to do
And discipline often leads me through

But none of those are in my nature
I am creative and spontaneous
I do not like to stick to things
From thing to thing unfolds my wings

I let each minute be a thrill
Let hours take me where they will
Go resting with this song I sing
Curious what each new day will bring

Soon it is time to work again
But this time off was not in vain
It taught me who I really am

I found the freedom of a child
In middle age, and it feels wild
It opens up a path for me

To let the wind just take me with it

This is the season to be free
Written by AltairEndian
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Author's Note
I have practiced this for the whole of my one week long vacation now: To not make plans. To just use the freedom that I have to do whatever comes to mind, whatever I feel like doing. Of course when I go back to work on Monday some of this freedom will be taken away by work demands - but I will still have free time to put this into practice. And I realized I have a lot more freedom to be creative about how I work as well. This freedom has given me peace. Maybe it will not last. But right now I'm enjoying the mental freedom of allowing myself to just do what feels right. I just realized how much of the boundaries I place on myself are just conditioned responses, and I don't have to follow my conditioning.
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