Just beyond yourself - David Whyte

Just beyond yourself.

It’s where you need to be.

Half a step into self-forgetting

and the rest restored

by what you’ll meet.

There is a road always beckoning.

When you see the two sides of it

closing together at that far horizon

and deep in the foundations

of your own heart

at exactly the same time,

that’s how you know

it's where you have to go.

That’s how you know it’s the road

you have to follow.

That’s how you know.

It’s just beyond yourself,

it’s where you need to be.

…© David Whyte