Do not be discouraged
Look up, look up at the sky
Do not be distracted
Look around, look around at the trees
Do not be dismayed
Look at the water and see the persistence of its moves
Do not be disheartened
Look closely at the soil and see how the rocks are still shaped as they always are
Do not be dissuaded from your goals
Look at your skin, your veins, your eyes.
Nothing is made like this world
Nothing is made like us in our genius
Nothing is made like all of this together
We are not random
We are not destined to be wronged
We are tested no more than we can bear
Look at the mustard seed
And even faith as small as that
Can stop all forces that set out to discourage us
That try to change us into engines of our own decline
Look up
Look down
Look around
Look at us
