Shadow Standing

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

My biggest impediment
usually is me. I get in the way
with fears, with plans,
with grand schemes
of my own, crowding out
voices of reason from folks
or from God. I doubt,
therefore I set myself up,
falling flat on my face.
I give up when the going gets hard.
Fortunately, though, friends and God
don't usually buy into
my follies.

Self-portrait in Madrid