Five Minute Friday - Change

Today is my favorite day of the week.  It's Friday once again.  This is the day that a bunch of us gather together over at Kate's Place to write, without worrying about whether it is right or not.  The rules are simple, write for five minutes about the assigned prompt, link back over at Kate's Place and leave at least one comment for the person that linked before you did.  Enjoy yourself and experience writing the way it was really meant to be!

The prompt this week is: 

CHANGE

START

Change

By Patricia A Pitterle

A baby is born

Not able to do anything

And we love them

Anyway

she changes a little

And soon

She is scooting 

Cross the floor

Then crawling 

On all fours as 

She hustles into

A whole new world.

She changes again 

Into a toddler,

A child who stumbles 

Walks, and learns to run

One who asks questions

 And loudly yells, NO!

She changes again 

Into a child

Growing day by day

And starting school.

Learning to read 

And write

And understand 

Just a little bit more

This life that she is living.

Soon she becomes a teen

With all the doubts

And lack of self-esteem

Friendships that begin

And end

Like a summer rain.

Heart that gets broken

Over and over

Yet still she goes on.

She becomes a woman grown

And looks back at her past;

She sees the good times,

More often than

The bad ones.

Life, cannot pass

Without heartaches 

And pain.

And growth

And grace.

STOP

but I can't quit without finishing what I started, here is the rest.  I hope you like it.

Change is

The process of becoming 

Something totally different

Than the person

I used to be.

It is growing up

And learning those things

That help me to survive.

Change is not allowing

My environment, 

Or sin,

To dictate the person

That I will choose to become.

It is believing that the past

Can truly stay in the past,

And that the future

Is as big as my dreams.

It is knowing 

That we are each

Guilty of sin;

That we have hurt others,

As well as ourselves.

It is believing 

That His tender mercies

Will be enough

To wipe away 

The red stains

On my soul.

I have learned that

We all have hurts

We all have pain

We all suffer

We all sin

But as we move forward

In our journey,

We can choose to change

We can choose to become

Whoever 

We might want to be.

As we seek 
To walk with Him; 

We can find strength,

We can find love,

We can find peace,

We can find grace,

We can, at last, find Him.  

Now, what can you write in your own little world of Five Minutes?  Don't forget to link back over to Kate's place and let us read your work.