life will test your patience
how much longer can you wait?
it will refine you by degrees
how much more can you take?
and just when it seems you can’t
suddenly you have a little more space
for all that you thought you could not do
and none of it goes to waste
you are better for the trial
type, back space, write again, and then erase
refined and sharpened like a diamond
you’ll work for the joy upon your face
nothing worth having
is valued less for the struggle and pace
and the meaning deepens every time
you’ve given anything of yourself away
- les’nspired
how to hold such strength forged in fire for the treasure that it is and how to not take it for granted…
