It's all medicine

It's all medicine

Sometimes the required medicine is bitter,
but bitterness is not proof of potency.

Some misers delight more in their miserable surroundings
               than in their hoarded gold.
They view each meanness as a validation of their devotion.

O child of God, accept the joys of this world!
Sometimes, that is as difficult as accepting the pain.

Don't you believe it yet . . . that God is behind
               the slightest gesture?
Every moment, every moment, is designed for your benefit.

Seek the perfect peace listed in the Twelve Ways.
Allow the river to flow through hands folded in prayer.

It's all medicine.
The humility of taking our doses is the remedy.

O child of God, the Beloved knows your every ailment.
There is a cure for all within His divine perfection.

                                     (from The Garden of Surrender, 2004)