Back against the wall...

Have you ever tried to pry a star fish off a rock?

It is almost impossible without a knife

and

I don't recommend it

It will damage the star fish

and you don't want to do that do you?

~

It is best to let it alone 

some times it will move

ever so slowly into another position or place

but it takes a long time

~

The underside of the star fish has thousands of tiny tinnicles

that grab for a surface to cling to

they have to

to be able to withstand the beating of the surf 

and 

to keep from being tumbled amongst the rocks

or from being misplaced

~

I don't know about you

but I can see just how much I have been like the star fish

~

I have thosands of tiny

 but strong 

opinions, routines, habits, beliefs, memories, experiences

that keep me clinging and inmobile

awaiting the potential pounding from life

~

Movement for me is slow

deliberate

and 

sometimes hard to coordinate

because

~

Sometimes I have to let go of 

a lot

even if it is alot of little things

to make progress

~

Protection or progress

which do you choose?