I was in the back garden and saw a large green tree frog come out, and I took the opportunity to watch it for a short while. Soon after, this poem came to me.
Challenge of the Frog for change
A frog jumped into my life today,
It was green and cool to touch,
I noticed that it could leap quite some distance,
And landed with a plop.
Life is more than just leaping from one point to another,
And landing with a plop,
It is about keeping our cool,
It’s about how we can serve others.
Life for all is much more than we realise,
We can take big leaps of faith,
And trust that we will land aright,
Though this is not always the case as many of us have experienced.
My understandings of life changes, I change, I grow,
I see things anew,
I ask ‘have they always been there’,
But today is different, they are new to us … now.
I ask myself now, “what is the time”,
What needs still to be done,
Do I have time to leap just one more time,
Or shall I stay and enjoy the day?
Luigi Giuseppe Vittorio
21 February 2017