Maybe Their Ball of String Got Caught...

Are you having a reaching-for or reaching-outa helping hand kind of day?!My challenge in this poem was thoroughly tested as soon as it was written😅😂Muffin-maker had a vegetable oil mess! Be kind, where today’s grind unwinds the hours of its charge, but onceWhere we are all still learning through the yearning drill of woes and wantsWhere Circumstance is like a chance/dance God grants to test alacrityOf love, with push and shove to prove devotion’s authenticity Be patient; goodness, graciousness and compassion are always rightBe one less brute; wisdom’s recruits cannot yield ripe fruit overnightApples of gold and growing old are no laconic enterpriseThe recompense for diligence not gained through negligent half-tries Be gentle; Learning’s mental ball of string bounces across the floorUnraveling as we give chase, tangling in stubborn knots galoreTesting grace in a thousand ways, while teaching us to take commandOf angry fists we raise, and instead to reach out/reach for a helping hand So then, let’s try to be kind when we find fellowmen, not quite soMaybe their ball of string got caught, and the taut knot will not let goMaybe all they need is a tender word or deed to cheer their heartKindness unfurled can change the world; let’s try harder to do our part © Janet Martin This month the memory verse/s for my Sunday school class isGal. 5:22-23But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. We are never too old to consider what fruit our life is yielding! Mess cleaned up! All is well. Frustration-frenzy crisis averted! I offered a rag instead of a lot ofunnecessary, aggravated 'counsel'. thanks in part to today's poem😄