This life wants you
to be its walking advertisement
for joy.
To blare this message
loud and proud
and also with nuance
filled with the fine print
of peace and inner delight,
and the subliminal messaging
of acceptance and wholeness
written into every movement--
the lift of your smile,
the way your glance
falls upon things,
whatever your heart
rushes towards,
your bravery at finally
taking up those things
that have always called you,
the wink in your soul.
Oh, let life use you this way
to be its finest marketing rep
to sway masses
towards their hearts.
It doesn't promise to pay
but I promise
this job was made
for you.
-Chelan Harkin, Let Us Dance