Some things are certain; There is no growth without change, <br />No change without fear or loss, and no loss without pain; <br />Though, to you it may be unwelcome, and even strange- <br />Growth gifts a curative effect, and renders much gain; <br />Once we stop growing, we begin to wither, <br />Like a flower not provided sunshine or rain. <br />Ignorance brreds this refusal, yet lives not, hither; <br />I do not profess to know everything, nor would I deign- <br />So, why then would I refuse growth, when needed- <br />Why would I refuse the call for same, or leave it unheeded! ? <br /> <br />Pain is said to be 'weakness leaving the body'**- <br />Though loss may be tragic, fear is a myth that self-perpetuates; <br />Change may be good; when we see it as less odd, we <br />We may be more open to growth, and all it obviates!<br /><br />Maurice Harris<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/growth-27/
