Shalom
Is there anything more attractive,
Than a person fully alive?
Completely free.
Totally whole.
The one who has done the work,
Overcome adversity, beat the odds,
Risen from the ashes.
Healing is contagious.
It catches, ripples, sparks,
Lighting fires that lead the way to Shalom.
This is what it means to live your best life,
Not to be free of hardship,
But to be travelling the path to wholeness,
Taking others with you.
Fragmented
Is there anything less attractive,
Than a person barely alive?
Completely bound.
Totally fragmented.
The one who refuses to do the work,
Beaten by adversity, obeying the odds,
Choked by the ashes.
Disease can be contagious.
It catches, spreads, sparks,
Lighting fires that destroy the path to Shalom.
This is what it means to miss your best life,
To be bitter about your hardship,
To walk away from the path to wholeness,
Taking others with you.
