Patience

I have learned one thing
the last few years.
Pressure is not bad
in this modern world
one must learn to live with it
cultivate patience
because a person
must be able
to tolerate some frustration
and disappointment
to be prepared for life
without learning
how to reverse the every day strains
one will sink
one must rise
by a quiet waiting
knowing even
in the midst of uncertainty
an answer will come
and one must forge ahead
until sunshine gladden the heart
and
lightness
lifts our soul.

Look at what is in front of you.
Not what you desire
not what you want
but what spirit tells you to do
and take the steps
and I believe miracles will occur.
We can not wait to be happy
when
things change
we have to change inwardly
and we will see the evidence.

C.2010
Stephen John Kalinich