Will I Choose To Let Him?

The child that is my challenge is a gift.

Only he can give me

The gifts of patience, tolerance, and acceptance -

If I let him.

He will be the one to make me into a true Teacher

And challenge my very soul.

I can learn more from this child

Than from much of my college coursework -

If I choose to.

A child is not something that is "broken"

For me to "fix".

This child comes to me a unique individual

Worthy of love - just as he is.

Will I choose to rise to the occasion?

Or be yet another to throw my hands up?

Do I have it in me to maybe be the one

That can make a difference?

Is he maybe the one

That will make a difference in me?

Will I choose to let him?