LIFE IS A RACE

Life Is a Race

© The Gospel Coalition

Mary had a little lamb

Whose love was pure as snow.

And everywhere that Mary went

The lamb was sure to go.

He followed and followed unfailingly

Relishing even her presence.

Until he started wondering whether

His absence make any difference.

Down and out, we are like the lamb,

Shaping our paths through rejections.

Trained to participate in tough races,

We’re struggling in forced directions.

Race to prove oneself inarguably right.

Race to seek validation in others’ sight.

Race to save relationships already broken.

Race to leave behind words unspoken.

What we speak, however, are comforting lies

Over and over until we forget the truth.

Fudging away, we dwell on the past.  

Holding what’s gone, trying to make it smooth. 

But if we keep holding on so tightly,

We would end up with fractured fingers.

There can be no home for a new life

While the ghost of the past still lingers.

It is our desperate tendency

To strive for the forbidden fruit.

Some things ought to be effortless.

A point that has, for long, been mute.

If only we counted our blessings

Instead of wailing over our sorrows.

If only we cherished it when present

Instead of missing it in tomorrows.

Despair is because there is hope.

Disappointments due to expectations.

Life is written in high language.

Placidity is its translation.

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