Have you ever seen a child
with eyes full of light
take their first steps forward
and fall into loving arms?
Any scientist can tell you
that walking is 80 percent falling,
but what child doesn’t know this?
We learn from our bruises.
We learn from our joy.
How did we forget?
How did we forget
the glorious wonder?
Is it death that steals
the light from our eyes?
Who taught us this fear?
I am learning to walk again.
As a human being, each footstep
is full of light and laughter.
With each footstep, I feel myself
falling forward into the arms of God.
Falling with fear
is a lot like death;
but falling with faith
is a lot like flying....
Karl Chamberlain
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