Lather, Rinse, Repeat - Become

A vacation is a lovely opportunity to rediscover how much you love being home. At least, that’s what I felt after returning from Treasure Cay, Bahamas. There’s something about stepping away that makes you see everything more clearly—the familiar spaces, the routines, the quiet comforts that hold you in ways you don’t always notice. I came back not just grateful for my physical home, but for the deeper home I’ve created within myself—the one built through reflection, trust, and the slow layering of becoming.
This morning, I sifted through old posts, journals, and notes, feeling the threads of something coming together—perhaps a book, perhaps something else. I could see, in my own words, the shape of how I’ve arrived here—not all at once, but piece by piece, returning and refining. Like home, like becoming, it’s never just one moment—it’s a continuous unfolding. And as I sat with this awareness, this poem came through.
Enjoy.


​Becoming: Shake Well Before Use
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"Wouldn’t it be nice?" she sighs--
Then I could ________!
Then I would _______!
Then I'd feel _______!
Then I'd show ______!
Then I'd look ______!
Then I'd finally know ________!
Wouldn’t that be lovely?

Read & re-read
that first stanza--
over & over & over.
Fill in the blanks.
OBSERVE—NOTICE—STAND.
DWELL—BROOD—SIT
in your words,
the images conjured,
the feelings & energy
flowing and weaving.

Step in—step out.
Walk ‘round "it."
Take your time.
Rushing is resistance!
Fly over, float through,
turn it upside-down.
Swing back & forth,
forth & back--
again & again.

Just when you imagine
you’ve “got it”--
DIVE UNDER!
Root around,
SHOVEL—SIFT—SORT.
MUSE—MULL—REVOLVE.
Whisper wise words
& continue to wonder
at the ease & grace of “it.”

Return again to stanza one.
LATHER—RINSE—REPEAT.
No hurry—not racing,
only living as witness.
Hold it gently—the texture
pressing against your thumb.
Turning it in your hand,
examining the colors,
the reflections—the spice.
Isn’t “it” nice?!

Pore over “it” like water,
flowing into each nook & cranny.
And when you know it by heart--
start again at stanza one.
CELEBRATE—CONTEMPLATE—CONSIDER.
RETURN—REWIND—ENTWINE!
Until at last,
it’s not just “nice”--
it’s necessary.
It’s already real.
And so I create & become.

Alternate Title:
Step In – Step Out – Spin Around… Become!

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