Mistakes = Teachable Moments

Allow a me a moment

to Inhale 2018 

and Exhale 2017

Understanding with full 

Totality 

The gravity of a

Past to Present ratio.

Miss-steps 

Do Not Last

And the Cash 

one can inherit 

from such an understanding 

Out-weighs

Anything taught to you in a class room.

A lesson as simple as

Any so-called "mistake"

Is just a teachable moment,

If

You keep your ears open

Your mind a scopin

and are able to 

maneuver pass 

The fear of Failure.

Every step 

Whether Missed or Calculated

Is Just a piece 

in a life's puzzle

to get one closer to the light.

A light so bright 

that it warms you on those

days 

when you want to retreat 

into yourself 

and hide from the world.

Experience shows 

that there's no true 

escape from the light,

"For whatever

happens in the Dark,

Will eventually to come to light."

So,

As for 2017 

It behaved as it should've,

slinging Peaks and Valleys

from 

corporate meeting 

to alleys,

but dwelling on either the 

high or the low 

cannot help the present.

Memory is still the key 

to free one-self 

from retracing past

faulty steps

Just be self-aware enough

to not allow these steps to be trapped 

in the quick sands 

of time.

That past fine,

potentially 

can keep one from bathing 

in the sublime waters of 2018

and living in the present.