BEING PAINTED

so often in my life,
I want to be the artist.
I want to be the one who
buys the canvas,
the paints,
and does the painting.
I want to be in control
of the canvas, the paints
and the painting.

What if I let go of the need
to be in control of it all.
What if I allowed myself to
just be the canvas and
allowed the Ultimate to
paint me using the
paints of the Divine.

What must I do to just
show up and be the canvas?
What do I have to do to
open myself up to the
brushstrokes of the Divine?