Full Happiness

What if trials and tribulations were to lead and point the way?

            What if all our earthly challenges served to build our resume?

Now and then, our souls need contrast to help us choose a lane.

            Sometimes we grow in empathy through necessary pain.

Another rung on our ladder.  Another guiding stepping stone.

            Moving closer to the place where full happiness can be known.

What if setbacks and injustices were to lead and point the way?

            What if all our earthly challenges served to build our resume.

God will get us there, under darkness or under the sun.

            God will get us there, through ups and downs of “Thy Will Be Done.”

Another rung on our ladder.  Another guiding stepping stone.

            Moving closer to the place where full happiness can be known.

                                    -Lisa Murphy Taylor, © 2025

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