Different ways

I have written about green before. I just listened to On Being, an interview with Jean Vanier. A friend from school, a missionary who served in Guatemala, is now considering Tanzania as her next mission field. My daughter has the whole world at her feet, in her hands. They all feel green with growth. I admit to feeling green... in other ways.

I find myself envious:

Green with the experiences

Green with the opportunities

My friends face:

Mission fields beyond my capacities

Except for the experience

Of prayer,

The opportunity

To stand on the sidelines,

Cheer the possibilities,

Witness the realities

Of wider life

Beyond my own.

After all,

Isn’t this

What it’s all about?

There are different ways

To be green.

I tell myself

I proclaim

There are different ways

To be green