03/10/2026
The Long Path
A narrow road of stone and sand
stretches toward the shining sea,
and somewhere past the light ahead
waits what all souls come to be.
Along the way the path will fork—
some bright with sun, some dark with shade.
We pause, we wonder which is right,
each choice a step our spirit made.
Some roads bring storms, some skies of blue,
some wander far, some wander near.
Yet every trail, both light and night,
is part of why we’re standing here.
For though we choose a thousand ways
through valleys deep and mountains high,
all paths move slowly toward the same
wide horizon of the sky.
So walk your road with open heart,
fear neither shadow nor the sun—
for every path we dare to take
still leads us home when life is done.
