No Shortcuts

He walked with me yesterday.

"Do you take the shortcut?"

he asked referring to the driveway

that veers to the right.

"Not anymore,"

I responded.

 

 "Determined

Zealous

Industrious

and

Resilient"

were the words of the feminine genius exemplified

in the life of

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton

and noted by Father Wade Menezes

in a recent homily.

I'm no longer interested

in shortcuts.