Magic Monday 12 1
Hey it's Chris
Things change
We know it’s true
Every day, waking up and looking at the man in the mirror
It’s hard to deny
A little more gray, a little more grizzle
Probably a little more gruff
and a lot more guff
So much beyond your control
Despite trying
Exercise and supplement to fight the stiffness
Reading and watching to exercise the mind
But the world doesn’t really care that much about you
Or your plans
Or your goals or your hopes
All that exists in your mind, and maybe on a page
If you are the write it down type, like me
Yep, you can say I will do A and then B and then C
And God laughs and laughs and laughs
And says, Oh yeah?!?
The problem with praying for patience is…
The answer to the prayer is usually a test to the patience
And sometimes a harsh test
And sometimes a lesson to be learned
Though I, for one, wish one thing would change
When they say you are one of the Chosen
The Good God tests you over and over again
It feels like getting a good beat down
Instead of learning
Hard to stay up when things feel like they’re sliding sideways
Because a plan didn’t work one way
Or the way you thought
So then, you take a page from FRIENDS handbook on living the good life
“Pivot!”
and smile at the memory of Schimmer screaming it on the stairwell
sending his costars into gales of laughter and smirks
Which is how one should meet each test to make one patient
and make one strong
Standing in the onslaught, laughing
Though, I suspect were one to laugh at the unfortunate circumstances that send plans back to the drawing boards
or tossed in the bin for a good re-think,
that all around you would stare
because they were quite sure you had finally succumbed to madness
instead of trying to laugh with the Big Guy laughing at your plans
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