Hi stranger, a stranger to yourself
you always had, the ability, to succeed
to find a better, more meaningful, life for yourself.
You just let, the dark side, cloud your mind
tried to steal, yourself, become hard
and yet, your greatest opportunity, must always be
optimism, the belief, in a better tomorrow.
The chances taken, dreams aspired to
not a dread, of possible calamity, that may or may not occur
do you know, most people
spend, most of their lives, afraid of ill fortune
the disaster, that may, or may not happen
and amazingly, naturally, half of them, never eventuate.
And those that do, teach us,
universal lessons as wisdom, slowly drips,
dropp by irresistible drop, into our consciousness
through, the all knowing, awful, grace of God
when, we are ready, to open, to the ultimate benefit
of such, inevitable, life lessons, we perceive
that, we should be grateful, for what we have, and have achieved.
That, to receive each day, our daily bread
and to know, that it is enough, each day, its own evil
we must realize, that facing, each obstacle
in its own, appropriate time, and place, one by one
with faith, and belief, in God
we cannot, ever really, fail, we are carried.
Through, our worst troubles, fears, nightmares
when we fail, to muster, the strength, to stand upon
our own feet, ability, there is always
a light, and God willing, wanting, to show us, the way.
Copyright © Terence George Craddock
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