Who showed me the ways to go,

Whose strength and compassion held up
a torchand beckoned me to follow,

Whose weakness and ignorance darkened the path
and encouraged me to turn another way.

To the one on my journey

Who showed me how to live and how not to live,

Whose grace, success and gratitude lifted me
into
fullness of surrender to God,

Whose bitterness, envy and wasted gifts
warned me away from the emptiness of self-will.

To the one on my journey

Who showed me what I am and what I am not,

Whose love, encouragement and confidence
held me tenderly and nudged me gently,

Whose judgement, disappoinment and lack of faith
called me to deeper levels of commitment and resolve.

both darkness and light