USED TO

USED TO BE RIGID, NOW I BEND

USED TO BE DOGMATIC, NOW I TRANSCEND

USED TO BE IGNORANT, NOW I AM BRILLIANT

USED TO BE STRICT, NOW I AM LENIENT

USED TO BE EPHEMERAL, NOW I AM ETHEREAL

USED TO BE RELIGIOUS, NOW I AM SPIRITUAL

USED TO BE LOQUACIOUS, NOW I AM SILENT

USED TO BE OWNING, NOW I JUST RENT

USED TO LIVE IN THE PAST, LANGUISHING IN GUILT

USED TO LIVE IN THE FUTURE THINKING TO THE FULLEST

HILT

NOW I LIVE ONLY IN THE PRESENT, MY GIFT TO BE BUILT

USED TO SEEK THE LIGHT, NOW I SEEK THE DARK

USED TO PUSH MY MIND, NOW I PUSH MY HEART

USED TO ASK PEOPLE WHAT DO YOU THINK, NOW I ASK THEM

HOW DO YOU FEEL

USED TO LIVE IN THE WORLD OF ILLUSION. NOW I LIVE ON THE

PLANE OF THE REAL

USED TO THNK I WAS HUMAN, NOW I KNOW I AM DIVINE

USED TO BE ARROGANT, NOW I AM SIMPLY KIND

USED TO BE TRAPPED IN LINEAR REASONING, NOW I AM HAPPED

IN ANNULAR SYMBOLING

USED TO BE METERED BY WESTERN NORMS, NOW I AM VALUED BY

MYSTIC CHARMS

USED TO POSSESS A LOT, NOW I DON'T EVEN OWN A POT

USED TO BE BRAIN DEAD, NOW I AM WELL READ

USED TO CAUTIOUS, NOW I AM DARING

USED TO TAKE LIFE SERIOUSLY I COULD HARDLY SMILE OR LAUGH

NOW THAT I FOUND HUMOR THERE IS VERY LITTLE I CAN'T

GRASP

USED TO BE DESPISED AND MISUNDERSTOOD, NOW I AM LOVING

AND DOING GOOD