Vitamin Inside-Out

For so long,
I lived
Inside a world made to please me.

I slept, ate, felt, and connected
On levels innately satisfying to my soul.

Now, today,
I live out a different existence entirely.

I soothe, feed, respond, and form connections
In ways that further my surrender.

To what, you ask, have I surrendered?
To serving.
To loving.
To acting on my belief that humility is better than honr,

To the still, small,
voice in the night

asking
for a cup
of cold water.