Thoughts come and go    

like passing clouds    

Controlling them is the lesson     

that helps us change    

What guides us is reason    

which distinguishes all reality     

sees inside the heart    

and the irrational mind    

Accepting that I am not in charge     

does not fight or resist    

With courage I go     

above what I can fix    

Thoughts come and go    

like passing clouds    

Controlling them is the lesson     

that helps us change    

An emotion that invades me     

I do not cling to it    

I seek calm and clarity    

I choose what I will be    

With practice and reason    

I transform thoughts    

and build my foundation    

in my mind that I shape    

Thoughts come and go    

like passing clouds    

Controlling them is the lesson     

that helps us change