Won!

If your world is constructed

on lottery tickets, scoreboards,

rankings, and competition,

literal or figurative, press the button

for the next available floor

and exit this path immediately.

Life, real and as God intended,

is about living into and through

the already-delivered jackpot of grace.

There is no finish line

toward which we sprint,

no mountain up which we hurry

against time or others.

Arrival is a moment by moment event,

only achievable in the here-and-now

with everything and

everyone else around you.

Welcome to the game

that is no game,

the race already-won,

the gift that can only be unwrapped

and enjoyed, as it expands

exponentially, when shared collectively.

© 2013 Todd Jenkins