Let me stop these conversations in my head.
I want to experience what I encounter in the moment,
Not the narrative I’m running about it.
I’m not there yet in ability, however.
For now all I can do
Is change the tenor of my interior dialogue.
I am slowly replacing the critical words and sharp retorts
With pauses and kinder responses.
Equally hard, when I talk to another,
I endeavor to listen to them.
Not myself.
What filters we all have!