Showing up

What is it about human beings that when we don*t see something for ourselves, we believe the worst? This week I am back at it, and glad for it.  I am back at working out with Jeff, back at church, back at internship, back at having lunch with friends.  I am showing up, and showing up, and showing up again.  My head did not fall off.  No, I can*t drive until March (God willing).  Yes, my eye is still blurry.  Yes, my head is still firmly attached to my body.  

I learn once again

The best way to keep rumors

From taking over

Is to show up

And show up

And show up again.

No one believes

You are fine

In absentia.

Jeff tells me about his classmate

In high school.

He dove into the water,

Got a concussion.

While he was in the hospital,

The rumors went from concussion,

To broken neck,

To his head fell off.

It*s not just teenagers.

No one believes

You are fine,

You will be fine,

In absentia.

Not really.

This week I am showing up

And showing up

And showing up

Again.

It is the best way

To keep rumors

From taking over.

They grow

In absentia.