Oh, The Places You’ll Go

Dr. Seuss meets Eckhart Tolle, with a little bit of A Course in Miracles thrown it!
Thanks to Scott Kalechstein Grace  http://www.scottsongs.com

Your ego will travel with you on this earth
And be your companion for worser or worse
It pretends to be your friend, your bestest amigo
And it pours on the guilt, that’s the mark of the ego
It’s there to protect you, to help you be strong
So it has to remind you you’ve done it all wrong
You’re lazy, you’re weak, and you don’t have a clue
That’s your ego at work trying to motivate you!
The ego wants you to be all you can be
So it gives you these pep talks all day and for free
Oh, the places you’ll go and the guilt trips you’ll travel
As the ego plays judge and bangs down its gavel

But you always can get some relief from your shame
By projecting it onto the others you’ll blame
For that is the ego at its beastiest best
It nurses its grievances close to its chest
Republicans, liberals, your parents, your ex
The world is just teeming with folks to correct
If only these fools would conform to your ways
You could get on with life without further delays

The ego keeps finding new gripes to complain about
Turns molehills to mountains of yikes! to feel pain about
Sometimes the ego’s stuff makes you so stuffy
You come down with a cold or an ouchy more roughy
But there’s no time for rest so get up out of bed!
If you’re just here and now then you won’t get ahead
Your to-do list must buzz like the bees when they’re busying
Keep filling your days till they’re endlessly dizzying

Oh, the places you’ll go and the people you’ll see
All through the lens of “What’s in it for me?”
For the ego believes there is something it lacks
And until it is found it won’t let you relax
Perhaps you will find it in the next one you date
True love at first sight with a soul kind of mate
The romance is hot till the climate turns cold
Cause when two halves combine they do not make a whole
It’s fine till the love gets obscured by control
Cause when two halves collide they cannot make a whole
So the ego moves on ever constantly striving
Addicted to seeking and afraid of arriving
You’re traveling fast at the speed of surviving
With fear in the driver’s seat doing the driving
No trust is a must you must always be worried
No peace till deceased you must always be hurried
The joys of each moment go swishing on by
As the ego keeps reaching for pies in the sky
Groping and grasping with arms that are flailing
(And the ego loves giving you F for your failings!)

Or perhaps you are on the fast track of success
You’re constantly driven to be great, better, best!
You’re a mover, a shaker, a big-time achiever
You’re a real self-made man, a dazzling diva
You’re rich and you’re famous and make quite a splash
You’re on top of the world and you’re rolling in cash
You drive the right car and you’ve married the right spouse
Today lunch with Oprah, tomorrow the White House

But at night insecurity pays you a call
Cause you know anytime that you could lose it all
Your shrink says to rest and your spouse sure agrees
Your doctor says, “Ulcers.  Take fourteen of these.”
You know you should slow it down sooner or later
But your foot is just glued to the accelerator
Your ego consoles, “Well, at least we’re successful
It’s a sign of success to be constantly stressful
You’ve made it to prime time and everyone loves you”
But your self-esteem’s based on what others think of you
And opinions can change in the blink of an eye
Which is why you need meds just to sleep and get by

One day when you’ve failed and succeeded enough
You witness your ego exposed in the buff
And you realize without all its protective clothing
That the ego is simply a state of self-loathing
And beyond that you find out the biggest of deals
That you’ve dreamt up the ego, it’s not even real!
So for richer, for poorer, in all kinds of health
You commit to the journey of loving yourself
You release the projections you placed upon others
And find through forgiveness that peace is discovered
You realize the love that you searched for outside you
Is what you are made of and can’t be denied you
So let go your worries, your plans, and your pills
Put some logs on the fire and learn how to chill
Your old superstitions have gone up in smoke
(Like you can’t rest in peace until after you croak)
You no longer fear death or for that matter life
Cause you know that all matters are all safe and all right

While resting in peace you will soon be inspired
To go out in the world with some newfound desires
Desires that spring from your heart and your soul
And wherever they take you you’re going there whole
Cause your ego is now in the passenger seat
It rolls down the window and takes in the treats
You’re not in a hurry you’re taking it slow
Cause the journey’s as rich as the places you’ll go
Where you are going you don’t need to know
For the journey’s as rich as the places you’ll go