YOU'RE OKAY

(You’re Just Not Fully Hatched!)

It’s not easy…
to be someone
who so easily falls.
Because, when you fall
you have to pick yourself up…
that is, if you want to get anywhere.
Someone who falls frequently…
has stronger muscles in different places
than someone who doesn’t fall very often:
Why?
Well, to get up
you use your arms,
your hands, your legs,
your stomach and buttocks
your back muscles, (and brain).
So, in some ways, you are stronger
than those who don’t fall as often!
And, after you have pulled yourself up
you must look up - with head held high
In order to see where you are going…
Yea! And, once you pull yourself up
you have to catch your breath,
and gain your composure —
take one uncertain step
And, after that —
take another…
You see —
If you are going to get anywhere
close to where you’re are aiming for
all those strong muscles will come in to play —
And, eventually, you’ll see — the result will be…
unusual balance, unusual poise —
And hey, your hard-won victory???
It will be clothed,
in well-deserved dignity!

~ By N.O. Tate (Reprinted with Permission) ~