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Don't say it's too hard

When your life has many shortcuts

Your strawberries are sweeter

And the air a little cooler

Your burden a little lighter

Even if bodies somewhat weaker

Don't say you cannot

Walk a little bit further

When you have wheels to ride

A car to drive, someone to serve

To carry the weight, of the

Abundance, and waste in your life

Don't say it's too hard

When you try to cut corners

But find the distance longer

Because some things can't be rushed

Kids, relationships take time to develop

Faster it seems, yet not higher, not further, not stronger

Don't say you cannot

Walk life a little kinder

When it's easier to repent later

When your time is winding down

And the grace ever stronger

From a God that is forgiving, and a word that's always changing

Don't say my life is not better

Because others have it easier

When you have a helper

From here or abroad, younger or older

Who did things for you, appreciated or never

Serving from beneath you, over and over

Don't say you're unloved

When you don't have a fortune

From an ancestor before

Or that you don't have a choice

Because luck can't be made, gambles don't go your way

And you never found a voice

Don't blame your father

When he brought you into being

To carry the burden of your existence

Or who simply chose not to be a fool

Cos it paid nothing in kind, more life's resistance

To guide you through, to clean up poo

Don't say it's boring

When it's not entertaining

Because the world is moving much faster

That pictures turn to movies

And not the other way round

Our minds are becoming restless, never to be found.

Don't accuse others

When they've taken shortcuts

And it's worked out for them, but not for you

You lose things you need to cherish

When pride has consumed you

And your jealousy starts to flourish

As taught, don't hurt others

When you lose sight of lessons learnt

It's easy to think teachers, and those before

They've become a distraction

It's easy to shun them when they disagree

And all they know, a mere mention

We all take a shortcut

Without realising what we have lost

That a journey we've not walked

Is a journey not needed to be sought

Life will seem a lot, so much easier

But without knowing, God so much further

Don't give up on hope

When the wilderness is harsh

When your depression squeezes

Because darkness is within

And the light from beyond, it comes and goes

But trying, guiding you to forever