The Monkey Mind and the Explorer

I need to experience like I need to eat.

I need to experience like I need to eat:
Something wholesome, something available.
I will take my experience as it comes.
When my experience lifts me up, I will have only gratefulness.
I will have only gratefulness when my feet find the ground.

I let go of all wishes for the road behind me.
I let go of all expectations for the road ahead.
I let go of all expectations for this moment.
I will fill the void of expectation with curiosity for what I find.
Curiosity will bring me wonders expectation cannot touch.

I will sometimes need rest, but not very much.
I will sometimes need tea, but not very much.
I will navigate, when it is possible to navigate, by these thoughts.
These thoughts I keep close, for it is the nature of thoughts to scatter.
With these thoughts by my side, we explore the universe.