These Are My JOTtings, Part #2

Make Something Good

Take a stitch, build a craft,
something nice to make.
One great choice, another laughed,
a life well-lived's at stake.

He worries that he'll do it wrong
by taking a step right now,
but who has ever sung a song
all focused on the bow.

The mountain is ascended slow,
a marathon takes time.
We start to do what we don't know.
One foothold starts the climb.

I failed a test in my fourth grade,
was slow to tie my shoes.
"Not quitting" was the word obeyed.
Though "dumb" she label chose.

The gaslight of the narcissist wounds.
Yet, God can make a gem
from he who trusts, eschews the dooms,
and knows the Lord is Him.

by Jay O’Toole
on August 20th, 2025