What is the most important thing a person
can "be" to be happy?

I didn't choose to be born;
I was not able to refuse entry into my
mother's womb or Planet Earth.
About the time I discovered that I
was alive there were people working
night and day to make me something
or somebody I had not been created
to be and didn't want to be. I was overwhelmed
by forces greater than myself that I was
unable to resist.
Among them were my parents, teachers,
preachers and the police.
They insisted that I must become what
they wanted me to be. There were times I hated
them for what they did to me. And I hated
myself because I felt helpless.
I was grown when I discovered that I had not grown up.
Growing up after I was grown meant that
I had to reject everything that I had been
taught about myself.
Indeed, I made a wholesale rejection of the lies,
beliefs and crap that had entrapped my soul.
During this growing up process I learned
one of the most important lessons that I would
ever learn: I learned that
"Being faithful is enough."
Every what, why, how, and when question
I face is answered when I am being faithful;
Every weakness, lack and uncertainty in my life is counted as an
asset when I am being faithful;
Every problem, challenge and risk I encounter is resolved when I am being faithful;
Every thought, imagination and dream in my psyche
is honored when I am being faithful;
Every knowledge, understanding and meaning
that I need is granted when I am being faithful;
Every preparation that is necessary
for a good death advances timely when
I am being faithful.
The Creator's ultimate charge to me is:
"Be faithful until death."
No longer do I have any need or desire
to impress or please people, dance to music that is out
of sync with melodies in my soul, engage in stress-
generating and mind-boggling activities and
enticements or be more concerned about
material things than I am with spiritual matters.
"Being faithful is enough" for me.
And enough is enough.

Copyright 2004 by Uriah J. Fields