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Wrong Question

by Bill Pigott

As I got into the lift today
as start of day’s business
it was “how does the world treat you today?”

“wrong question,” I thought
“how are you treating the world?”
may be more to the point
and I say so

how the world seems to be treating us
may just be a reflection, a response, a resonance
to how we treat the world

I share this with the next friend I meet
“no” he says
“it is how we treat ourselves”
and this determines how we treat the world,
how the world fares
and how it in turn responds

“how will I treat myself this day?”
may then be a better question
with which to greet each day

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