It Is Important to Understand

Everyone you meet is suffering:
          heart breaks, body aches,
                     the cruel despair of war.

Don’t seek answers. Seek better questions
            like “Are Adam and Eve still pondering
                             what all this fuss was for?”

Live groundlessly where nothing
               can lure you from who you are
                            or the virtues you’ve yet to glean.

Good enough is enough.
            Assure a tulip bulb rushing to glory,
                       it toasts Winter’s thaw with one red cup.

Depression can’t exist
             in those who create a life
                           pulsing with unending risks.

Merlin’s words to Arthur: “When you
          are very sad, the only thing you can do
                        is go learn something new.”

Optimism is magical in a universe
             filled with the unceasing hope
                        that God is coming home to us.