Not Unnatural!

The fact entirely escaped me that a heart could be in such a condition that praise and rejoicing would be as natural as breathing; that the cause of joy rested not in any thing external, but in some fixed inward state or possession; that, therefore, perpetual praise could not only be possible, but natural, and in fact irrepressible. ~ Beverly Carradine  Sanctification (Kindle Locations 75-77).

How can it be natural to be happy?
When millions of people trod through the world
woebegone, lonesome, miserable
that can certainly seem the normal state,
the way of the world.
It feels natural – until it doesn’t.
When we dare to believe in hope,
in purpose, in peace, in life worth living
then all we see is hope, purpose, peace…
life worth living.

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