Epiphany

Epiphanythe 6th of January,
the Twelfth day of Christmas,
time to take down the tree.
The manifestation of Christ
to the Gentiles represented by the Magi.
Epiphany sans Christmas talk
is a manifestation of a divine
or supernatural being.
a moment of sudden revelation or insight.
In Recovery it can be
personality changes,
or religious experiences,
in the nature of sudden
and spectacular upheavals.
And some of us lament
the absence of suddenness,
feeling deprived to have
the “educational variety”
developing slowly over a period of time.
If your friends see you change before you
realize it’s come, your understanding grows
that you have tapped
an unsuspected inner resource
you may identify with
as your own conception
of a Power greater than themselves.
Whether sudden or gradual, celebrate
your own epiphany today!

Adoration of the Magi by El Greco, 1568, Museo Soumaya, Mexico City