Doubt

Doubt

Don’t doubt that you’re breathing

If you try you can increase

Your ability to understand how and why

Unless you’re a hermit high up in the hills

And you haven’t seen anyone for forty four years

Don’t doubt there’s a few people in this old world

Who care about who you are and what you do

If you try you can increase your ability

To understand what they’re saying to you

And see their care and actions for what they are

Don’t doubt that you’re strong enough to weather

The stormy gales of time

If you try you can increase your ability to recognize

When the storms have passed and you’re okay

Don’t doubt you’ve got all the emotions

The powers that be gave everyone else

Don’t doubt they can be made useful

If you try you can increase your ability to recognize

When a solution is passing your way

Isn’t it good to hate prejudice?

And even petty jealousy can make you strive harder

Don’t doubt that life talks and listens to you

If you try you can increase your ability to understand

What it is saying and why

Don’t doubt that everything you see

Everything you think

Everything you feel

Everything you do

Are raw materials

That can be put to good use

Don’t doubt that you’re an artful craftsman

If you try you can increase your ability

To recognize a job well done

Some need to doubt

That they’re foolish, stupid, or crazy

Others need to doubt that they’re always right

Don’t doubt that doubt can be good for you

If you practice it gets easier to know

When to stop and when to start

Good to make your best guess

Then ride the storm or go with the flow

Always remember when you’re most in doubt

Set a high sail and follow your heart

From “The Questioning Way” by Dewey Dirks copyright 2009