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The Complaining Heart

Hush now, my complaining heart, be silent!
Desist this pounding, pounding in my ears!
Must your ill tempered beat be so violent
To bang its war drums announcing my fears?
Retrieve your molten anger from my face.
It burns with the hatred which I abhore,
And leads down the path to my disgrace;
A path I've traveled many times before.
Beat! Beat in time with God's sweet charity!
Pulsate with the ...

I

The wanderer walked with knowledge
Knowing that every step he placed
was right where it was meant to be.

He strolled an icy alpine trail
Where he contemplated the snow.
Every flake uniquely designed.

Each one landing light upon the
Jewel crusted and laquered landscape,
To embrace and become as one.

While he wandered the wintry trail,
The snow dissolved into a stream,
Whispering its way

...

Once I made a mountain out of all that I did treasure,
And heaped upon it, stone by stone, things of earthly pleasure.
Standing proud upon its peak, looking down where I began,
I shouted out to those below 'Behold how great I am!'
Then, in the breath of silence that is felt before the dawn,
That majestic mountain I had made, crumbled, and was gone.

So then I made another mountain with my fear and rage.
Hoarding all my treasures in a cold and heartless ...

In the slumbering seas of comforting night
I beheld the heavens, and to my delight,
A lone bright star shone down on me
With illuminating beauty.

I marveled at this wondrous sight
Glowing with celestial light
When something stirred inside of me,
A feeling fighting to break free.

Unprepared to let it out,
I quickly turned myself about.
I was not ready to explore
The one thing I was searching for.

Yet there ...

All too often, we waste precious hours
Looking backward to help us find our way.
Do not mistake the trials of the past
As your defining moments of today.

These are not definitions of ourselves,
Just the keepers of an ancient sorrow.
It is what we decide, here and now,
That paves the way for a new tomorrow.

The colors of this world are much brighter
When we enjoy them as they are right now.
Do not let the past blemish their ...