
"To love and be rejected;
To spend every effort to help and be turned down;
To be in a situation of having to compete to be heard and be silent;
To have the answers and not be able to convey them;
To lose, knowing you can win, rather than being political;
To go to the end of the line when you were there first;
To tell the truth and it be made a lie;
To try to be saintly and be made out to be a devil;
To be on the inside and to be cast outside;
To be with many and to know you are really alone;
To give yourself unreservedly to others and be a victim of their envy;
To dedicate your life to a purpose and that purpose turn against you;
To be innocent and be accused;
To be stripped of all authority, earthly power, and position and be nothing;
...is to have one’s heart lacerated with humility to the greatest depth
and receive at the greatest heights God’s blessing of...walking Jesus’ path;
...To Love."
Finding this poem today made me reflect on the last 7 years, from being a son to my father, to having a son to father.

I dedicate this poem to my son Ethan. I can only hope that one day you will know, learn & live the TRUTH...
Love, your Dad,
Quinton Carlin
Jan 2nd, 2011
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