Nothing Extra-ordinary About It - 3WW

Written for 3WW

Highlight, Submit, Instruct


First, a Haiku


Sunlight highlights shades
as a mark of submission;
nature instructs


Nothing Extra-Ordinary About It


God's one line instruction
for me had been simple:
" Highlight all that is
good in others;
Don't submit to
Your own temptations.."

And I did what
All the ordinaries do
I highlighted
My own perceived strengths
And started submitting
to my own temptations

Then one day as I stood
In front of the mirror
I couldn't recognise myself
That's when the false layers
Got pealed one by one
And I realised my follies..

I started highlighting
All that was good in others
And never submitted
to any temptations
I was able to clearly
recall God's instructions

You want to know
How did I do that?
Well, I just blocked
all the external noise
And that's when God spoke
loud and clear once again

Well, I heard him this time
Realised, understood,
Made a clear choice and
The shift happened spontaneously
Had I taken time to decide
I would have remained ordinary

As you see my decision
To hear God just for
One more time carefully
Changed things for me
And you can see now I am
A LITTLE MORE THAN ORDINARY...

Ha, nothing extra-ordinary
About it..you know..


RS:)








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