welcoming Life

When it comes to living . . .

I think I have more questions than answers . . .

More doubt than faith.

But the answers,

Though few,

They are true.

And my faith,

Though smaller than a mustard seed . . .

It will grow . . .

It will grow.

For out of doubting comes faith

Out of questioning comes answers

Out of suffering comes patience

Out of struggling comes wisdom

Out of pain comes joy

Out of weeping comes laughing

And out of mourning comes dancing!

Ron Irvine (1990)