On

As spring emerges after what has been a challenging winter, this Gentle Cynic continues to find resources, support and movement away from the cultural sway of Western individualization and the neo-humanist view of personality to one of community and harmony with the "other". As he gains greater insight, becomes more comfortable with ambiguity, and cultivates self-differentiation (with reference to his functioning in family, group, and community), he senses more connectedness along with a feeling of being "on", and not so as his past when hyper-vigilent doubt led to a feeling of being "off".

On

On I go

as past winds

blow me

from the road.

With swells

and flying debris,

I push

through the snow.

I trudge along

often alone;

at times

I join another.

Like geese

we are lifted

up and

forward

On a path

that has no

precise

markings,

Only a

placid

place of

challenge.

Image: Andrew Wythe, The Snow Hill, 1989