(An excerpt from Made For Goodness by Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu
My child, I made you for myself.
I made you like myself.
I delight in you.
My heart aches with pity
When you smother joy under the onslaught of busyness.
Then there is barely a minute
To pause and listen for me.
You run everywhere looking for life,
Searching for the life of life.
All the while I am here.
I am as close as a prayer.
I am breathing in your breath.
With each breath you choose,
my child, for you are free.
Will you breathe with me the breath of life?
Will you claim the joy I have prepared for you?
Will you seek me out and find me here?
Will you whisper the prayer?
Will you breathe in my breath?
Tutu, Desmond; Tutu, Mpho. Made For Goodness (p. 21). Ebury Publishing. Kindle Edition.
