Break the Glass

It's so easy to make promises,
words, words that come out so easily,
ideas that form in your mind
and grab your heart
and fill you with excitement
that reaches down to your fingertips.
But it's one thing to see the sunlight.
Walking on the sun is something else.
You can gaze deeply in the mirror
and see all the potential,
all the ability and enthusiasm,
and you can shout it out to the world.
But if it stays in the mirror
it is nothing,
only a reflection,
a dream that could have been,
a promise forgotten as soon as spoken.
You have to break the glass.
The glass is thick.
When it shatters
the edges are sharp.
You might bleed.
But then the words can step out,
become alive,
the promise can take form
and walk and breathe and dance.
The life that comes out through the shards
may not look exactly like the reflection
that you thought would greet you.
But it can be beautiful,
it can have life.
Just break the glass.

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This poem, written very spontaneously and quickly, is my apology for already failing at my resolution to post once a week, and my determination to be faithful, even if my attempts don't always meet my own expectations. It's very easy to talk, very hard to do. But that should never keep us sitting down.
James 1:22 - 25