THE RESILIENT GENTLEMAN

Do not neglect the day of preparation…

the many days of preparation,

for someday you shall account for them
If they teach u to sweat , cry or pant

and heave deep gushes of sighs

Then so shall you exert yourself

and toil to achieve the goal you’ve set.

Do not neglect the small humble days
When He tracks your every movement,

and polishes your every spoil,
Those are the days that usher you through the course 
The days that train, tend and trim you

in a bid to attain perfection
Those are the seasons for melting the gold out of you

molding you to sharpen the inner man,

The times when the anvil hits hard against the hot metal;

And the outpour of the water to cool it.

Your muscles will ache
Your strength give way to pain
Sometimes you tell yourself the challenge is too much
You wave off any suggestion of the long awaited gain
"They only say it  will be okay because they don't know how it feels" you say to yourself.

At the peak of this striving

you look one way and then the other

Searching for an explanation;

looking for direction at the crossroads
Every decision is crucial and vital,

It could mean the detour to something new
Or a U-turn to the beginning

 where you have to start all over again
Carefully and diligently, you must guard this phase!
You must learn to turn to Him,

to Where the purpose of your being was wrought from.

The water will gush out from the belly of your soul,

your spirit and your body
Whether it be in the form of your tears or your sweat,

However it may be, somehow, anyhow, it will get out
It is only to tell you some effort is being exerted.
There is a refreshing that comes with it.
It is a sign of comfort to all those that work hard and persevere.

On the day of victory, when the laurels and accolades

When the applause and the medals are draped all over you,

When the flurry of activities gets the better of you
It stoops in anticipation, eager yet resilient
It'll look up to you and say "am on the mark, ready when you are"!!

So off you go, onward to the next task, the next goal;
Never minding what's ahead
Because you know that surely,

As certain as the dusk after the dawn,
That preparation is a worthy companion for all your life,
And a confidante worth introducing to a number of others.

So on with the journey
On with PREPARATION,

A resilient gentleman I’ll say!!