Showing Up
“Just show up enough. It will eventually happen. That’s all success is. Showing up - enough.”
You can’t hit a home run
if you don’t show up and
stand over that plate looking
like Mickey Mantle at the mantle
looking at the pitcher and his co-conspirators
with eyes ablaze and them wondering
how YOU got there, right there
ready to take a swing?
You won’t ever meet that girl
that makes everything in you rise,
if you don’t show up and
sing your self alive with
all the spirit
that Bacchus may provide.
You gotta show up to
take a swing, take a shot
to have a half chance in hell
of coming through.
If you don’t show up
you’ll just float through things
and be flotsam of the gods -
you’re punishment for not
showing up and instead
being lost to the energy
that we are.
How do you expect those eggs
to get cooked if
you don’t show up in the kitchen
and break a few of them?
Things might not work out but
if you at least show up -
you’ll have half a chance of
enjoying a full stomach and
the opportunity to
show up again -
keep the lights on and
keep the show
going on.
Alas,
show up or shut up.
Don’t complain.
It’s all on you,
that swing of the bat
or not.
Go down swinging I suggest -
like Benny Goodman
like Davey Crockett,
like Paul Bunyan,
like Sonny Liston,
at least then you’ll have
a few good tales to tell
in the next ballgame
in the next town
that next time around.
“When determining the size or complexity of a new habit ask yourself, "What can I stick to—even on my worst day?" Start there. Master the art of showing up. Then advance.”
― James Clear
Just Showing Up