Wow! Its good to realise that someone out there actually reads what I write. This encourages me. So for now I would like to share a poem I wrote a long time ago. I am sorry I didn't do this earlier. Sufficient to say that some years ago I made such an important discovery that changed the whole perspective of my life. And therby hangs a tale!
I AM WHO I AM
Good people, ALL, of every sort
Give ear unto my plea
Too long I've laboured t'ward a goal
The WORLD expects of me.
In trying to be the "Ideal"
That would meet with your approval
I ended up being lost, confused,
A poor unhappy fool.
In struggling then with things "I can't"
I failed to understand
It matters not what I "cannot"
What matters is "I can!"
I can compose and sing a song
I'm gifted musically
And I can draw and paint and teach
And pray quite naturally.
And furthermore I realise
Owha tagoo Siam (Read this line quickly without pausing between words many times to get its sense)
Perceiving then what I am not
Forgetting who I am
I am a son of God, I know
I am everyone's brother
I am a teacher, artist, firend
I am to serve another.
And when I reflect this gift of life
I know it is God'splan
For me to work on who I AM
And grow in ways I can
And thus God worked upon my sight
And these days I am seeing
That in Him I move and live and grow
That's the wonder of my BEING.
"Go out, proclaim to the world," He said
What you know now to be true.
That Jesus is alive and lives
In me, and as well in YOU !
