When I’m browsing Facebook and come upon a poem so deeply moving that it makes me weep, I feel compelled to share it.
(The poem is below. The above quote was shared in the Facebook comments; it’s so perfect I had to use it here.)
when I am tested by the complexities of
our modern world, I retreat to the simplest truth I have slowly come to understand:
I cannot hush the roar of a hurricane
or persuade an earthquake to spare the walls I’ve built for my home
my influence on this life is small and I control very little
except for:
1) the softness of my voice
when I speak to myself—
and
2) the gentleness of my hands
when I reach for others
my love,
if we hold fast to
these two things,
how can either of us
fail this great exam
we all must take?
~ john roedel
