Passage Thirty-one: The Urgency Of Growth
We cannot drive ourselves,
But must bring ourselves,
To being kind and gentle.
As others have shown us,
We then can show
How kindness is brought forth
And to what purposes.
There is an urgency I feel.
Because I can, I must, while I am able
And while there is time.
This is the urgency of growth
To twig, to leaf,
To flower, and to fruit.
I do not believe He has a plan
Everything is following.
I believe He has a purpose
All things serve.
This is not to say I believe
Everything is necessary.
This is to say I believe
There is no thwarting
Of His purposes.
The belief that God wants
Everything that happens so
Is a monstrous belief
That makes a monster out of God.
I have no doubt He knew
There was bound to be a mess,
But that does not mean He made it so.
He brings us into existence,
But we bring ourselves to life.
He holds it out to us,
But we each must find our way to it.
All that is good
Serves this purpose,
And all that is made
To serve this purpose,
In the end, is good.
We can look at our lives
And focus on the messes
Or on what is brought forth from them.
Only little children
Draw trees that look like lollipops,
Straight sticks with balls of leaves on top.
Real trees do not grow that way,
And neither do real people.
We grow in spurts, with twists and turns,
And forks along the way.
