Who Cares - What Matters
I came to offer a prayer
and receive an answer for One
But the gates were locked
the doors were securely shut
The Lights, off
I got Nothing
And was Blessed
Anyway
I just never recognized it
y e t. . .
S O M E T I M E S
the easiest way to open a door
is just to
TURN THE KNOB. . .
I don’t lock the doors at night
Not because I live in a safe part of town
Not because I’m not afraid
No because I have an immense amount of faith
Not because of the knowledge that there’s a season that even contains my death
I don’t lock the doors at night
Not because I’m inviting the fearful intruder to come cause bodily harm and take all of my worldly goods
No
I don’t lock the doors at night
Because it wouldn’t impinge my getaway plan
I need to escape
I need to get away
My need to break free
From anything that a lock could never protect anyway
I don’t lock my doors at night
So the morning can come anytime it feels like it
And bring what it may
Regardless of any kind of weather accompanying it
I don’t lock the doors at night
May the grace of all that is holy
forgive me for ever even shutting the door
on anything that has the possibility
of everything that never has a sum
of nothing
or worse
the feeling of all unequal parts
behind any safe illusion
a locked door
holds
We all have a need to feel
S A F E
don’t we. . .
BUFFALO
UVALDE
TULSA
and who knows where next
but hopefully not to a town near you
or outside of your (UN)LOCKED Door
I recently read a post from a friend
who said,
EVERY PERSON I KNOW WHO OWNS A GUN JUST WANTS TO FEEL SAFE
EVERY PERSON I KNOW WHO WANTS GUNS REGULATED WANTS TO FEEL SAFE. . .
MAY THIS BRING US
A CONNECTEDNESS
that can’t be hidden behind any door
(UN)LOCKED
and may the
Caring Catalyst
in each of us
bring it forth
(UN)CEASINGLY
as we become
MASS INSTRUMENTS OF CONSTRUCTION
I M M U N E
It’s a beautiful word
and an even better
c o n c e p t
but it doesn’t exist in
our lives
when it comes to
T O U G H T I M E S
It was shortly after being ordained in 1980
at my first church in Beech Bottom, WV
that I learned
“that behind every door there is a pain so deep, it can’t be spoken”
If tough times are
the given
the guarantee
the reality
then
so are the remedies
H E N C E
the little clip above
that’s been traveling the
internet and Facebook quite a bit
But what’s your
G O T O
A M E N D
when you go through the inevitable
T O U G H T I M E ?
Is it
T H A T everything will change
T H A T you’ve overcome challenges before
T H A T it’s just another learning experience
T H A T not necessarily getting what you want may be a blessing
T H A T you should allow yourself some fun
T H A T being kind to yourself is sometimes the best medicine
T H A T others people’s negativity isn’t worth the worrying
T H A T you have lots of strength as a person
T H A T anything is possible
T H A T great things take time
T H A T there’s always, ALL-WAYS something to be grateful
T H A T you drink, use, abuse. . .
T H A T you pour yourself into
work,
relationships,
kindnesses
T H A T you look the other way
T H A T you pretend
Y O U A R E I M M U N E
“Behind every door there’s a pain so deep it can’t be spoke”
but it can be
s u r v i v e d
and by being a
C A R I N G C A T A L Y S T
e v e n
T H R I V E D
Troubled Soul
join this
Troubled Soul
Join Me
the train doesn’t ride on the track any smoother
but it rides better
F U L L