I can’t control if I wake up with a headache, but I can wiggle my toes and move my feet I can’t control what politicians say or do, but I can get off my couch, and put my shoes on I can’t control if my dog leaves a mess on the carpet- but I can pick up my left leg I cannot control how I'm feeling - up, down, bored, excited..., but I can place one foot on the pavement I can’t control whether it’s about to rain, but I can pull out my umbrella - and take another step I can't control all the thoughts running through my head, but I can focus on the sensations in the bottom of my feet, and take another step I can’t control what people think of me, or say about me... but I can keep moving anyway I can’t control what’s past, or what’s yet to come- but I can look around me, and take another step Someday, I won't be able to move my legs, or my feet, or any part of my body...and I cannot control when that day may come. But for today, for this moment, I can take an