Rejoice
Rejoice
when your life has become smudged,
yellowed
with age, corners curled up
like
an old snapshot viewed too many times.
Rejoice
in your longevity; not everyone reaches this shore.
You’ve
been given it for a reason. Rejoice
in
your friends and loved ones who have gone before,
moved
on to another opportunity. Rejoice in
your infirmities
which
encourage you, in your many-lived journey,
to
quit your infatuation with your body.
Rejoice
in your immobility – there to teach you
that
there is nowhere to go. Rejoice in your
fading mind
which
has misled you all of your days.
Rejoice
in your failures – graciously teaching
you
to bow down humbly before your Maker.
O
child of God, in this great migration toward God
every burden holds a
hidden blessing.
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