Wednesday, June 15, 2011

When change comes big

I wrote this thinking of the nine people who lost their jobs today at the Diocesan Center.  As with most advice, I give it to myself as well.   Change often comes big, looms large and incomprehensible.  When I think about it, most change comes big.  Pitching rocks seems to help.  Friends definitely help.  My prayers and blessings go with the nine, and with all who are walking through really big change, whatever that change may be.

When change comes big
Really big
It can be hard
To get your arms around it.
Sometimes it helps
To pitch rocks
In the backyard,
Take aim
At the back fence
Until it is finally
Finally a little smaller.

When change comes big
Really big
Even if it is almost entirely
Expected
It can still slip through your fingers
Incomprehensible.
Sometimes it helps
To find the plumbline of friends
Who have known you forever,
Or at least
A very long time,
Remind you of who
You still are,
Who they know you
To be.

When change comes big
Really big,
I recommend a pile of rocks,
An anchoring
Of good friends.

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