CHEATING THE MAZE*

Put your pencil at the center—

the place you want to end up—

and work your way out

to where you actually are.

 

Now you can start.

Now you can move

toward the heart of the maze.

This is the fastest and surest way

forward. It’s the path 

with the fewest obstacles, 

baffles and dead ends,

because the backtracking

shows you the routes

not to take. To win 

at the game of life

you must outsmart the mind’s

machinating maze.

You must cheat it to beat it.

*Inspired by Ken Page’s Deeper Dating podcast, [E003].