The direction is always up

 

The direction is always up,

for you,

for me,

for everyone

that is the direction

 

The direction is always up

You want to go up

You want the world to go up

You want your brother to go up

You want everything to go up

The world gains and your brother gains and you gain

 

Now,

It’s all going up, but then sometimes it goes down

You get unlucky

You do your best and you still fail

You get more unlucky

And then you still get mistreated and cheated and kicked in the belly

 

Sometimes it’s going down

Sometimes life fucks you over

World fucks you over

People fuck you over

Someone fucks you over

And finally you fuck you over

 

The direction is still up

 

The direction is still up,

for the world that fucked you over

For the people that fucked you over

For the person that fucked you over

And for you

And for your life

the direction is still up

 

The direction is still up for EVERYTHING

Not just for you

Or for the world

for EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING

 

That means you must forgive the world

That means you must forgive yourself

 

It’s easier said then done

 

It’s easy to forgive the world when you’re doing great

It’s easy to give when you’ve much to give

It’s easy to be charitable if it costs you nothing

It’s easy to speak of virtue when you’re living the comfortable western life

 

or

It’s easier to forgive yourself when you blame the world

If you want to “show them”

It’s easier to lift yourself up by climbing over others

It’s easier to be ambitious and proud then it is to be peaceful and loving

 

What is not so easy is when everything and everyone is fucking you over,

and yet you still remember that the direction is always up, only up

for you, for the unjust world, for the ignorant people, for everyone,

and you have to lift yourself up

and then you have to lift everyone else up

even if they mistreated you

even if they “deserve punishment”

the direction is always up

 

and there’s nothing more to say,

it’s simple but not easy

someone will fuck you over — and you still have to find a way to make it work,

for you, and hopefully for the other person,

life will give you shit and you have to make do with it,

the world is what it is — and you have to make it work for you — and then you have to make it work for others, the best you can

it’s all simple but not easy

you will be angry and you will be ambitious and you will be proud and you will be defiant and you will be competitive and you will be righteous

and you will be upset and you will be confused and you will be disappointed and you will be frustrated and you will be tired and you will be demotivated and you will be weak

…and then you will rise above it all,

first for yourself, then for others,

it utterly doesn’t matter where you are — the direction is always up,

and for everyone

take yourself up, then take others up, then take yourself up — no matter where you are

the direction is always up