if there is anything we know at all
it is the first thing that we learned--
God is Love

and the second is
that with God
anything is possible

we are empowered
both by Love
and by Free Will
to negotiate this life

no one else is living our life
the only thing that limits us is
us

some limits are 'givens'...
our body
our genetic family
our environment
our soul's past and future...
none of which are merely the luck of the draw
or something God saddled us with
without our knowledge...
what if...
we asked for all of it
and accepted all of it
for this life to have meaning
for the maturing of our soul

perhaps
if we acknowledge that there is, in fact, a divine plan
it becomes possible to accept that there is
meaning
in the unexplainable in this life...such as
why some of us are born with no arms or legs
why some are born down syndrome, or epileptic, or homosexual
why some are born black or white or German or Chinese
why we have different gifts, talents, undeserved beauty
why "the poor you always have with you"
why 'evil' prospers
and then the question becomes moot
as to why a loving God would ever "condone"
aids
starvation
suffering
war
injustice
innocent death...
...perhaps everything is always in the process of being loved and healed