LOVE IS TRUE

Everything I love
has something true in it.
I cannot love a lie.
I may be deceived by it
but I can never love it.

CONDITIONING

Testing comes in the heat
not the shade.
Cowards are formed in retreat
not the raids.

Patience comes by waiting
not by chance.
Strength comes by climbing
not happenstance.

Faith works in valleys
not on the hills.
It is fed by love
not by the thrills.

THE STRUGGLE

The struggle builds the muscle.
The strain brings the gain.

It takes strength to live right.
It’s so easy to lose sight.

The path of least resistance
will always have insistence.