...motivation

Dear Lord,

Thank you for the discontent

in my life: 

the disappointments, 

the pain. 

the sad times, 

the trying times, 

the tough times, 

the failures, 

the many setbacks, 

as well as all the good times,

and all the many successes.

For without feeling sorrow and pain, 

I never would have searched for

answers to life's problems, 

healing for the sick, 

hope for the discouraged, 

comfort for the sorrowing, 

or relief for the lonely. 

And without experiencing failure

and discouragement, 

I never would have searched for

better ways for doing things. 

and thus improving everything I do.

Pain was thus a holy motivator, 

God's messenger in disguise, 

that made me stretch and grow.

-dick innes