I AM HAPPY

I am happy.

Some would say

I have no right, or reason

To be happy

But I AM happy,

Beautifully, deliciously. ridiculously

Happy

I have no car,

Lost it in an accident

The day after Thanksgiving.

Totaled-not much money

After everything gets settled,

No credit to add,

But I am not worried.

I will start making inquiries,

Looking around.

A car will be available

Or not, and if not

I will walk.

I trust God,

Not stupidly

But in honest expectation

That He will guide my steps.

That HE expects me to take steps

Because that’s what walking in faith

Is all about.

My shoulders hurt.

That’s probably the worst.

Purple bruises

Irritating pain,

Loss of mobility,

Doctors, pills, x-rays,

But still I’m happy.

Nothing seems broken;

I have good doctors,

A Great Physician,

And I know

In good time

I will recover.

Prednisone dreams

Maybe,

But I think not.

I am optimistic,

I am happy

I am content.

He has brought me so far;

So much further in 64 years

Than I could ever believe.

I have seen Him at work

In my life,

In my friends’ lives,

Whether they know it

Or not.

Whether they believe it

Or not.

I have a right to doubt

To be skeptical;

It’s a right I do not choose to exercise

Because all the evidence

Points to the contrary

What right I do chose

Is to be happy.

I am happy.

Chip Bergeron

-30 November 2012