Lemonade Stand

Let’s take our lemons

and make lemonade.

Let’s squeeze the sting from our pain

until it becomes

our poise,

our passion,

our purpose.

Let’s sweeten the gashes on our souls

until they become the gold in our hearts

and the gold in our world.

Let’s build a place

where our discord

can become discourse-

where our misfortune

can become magic.

Let’s build a lemonade stand

where we share

the lessons we’ve learned

from life’s lemons-

where we share

the sweetness of our suffering.