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You Gotta Grow Down


This was written for my son's 14th birthday. It's based on a silly saying I had when I was a teenager. I used to say that from the time I was 20 to age 40, I would "grow down". I imagined one day I would have a teenager in my 40s that I would inevitably embarass, causing them to tell me to "Grow up, Mom!"----to which I would reply, "Yes". Now that I have said teenager, I have found great wisdom in "growing down".

You gotta be poor in spirit

You gotta be salt and light

You gotta show mercy

You gotta resist an evil person and not fight

And you gotta, gotta, gotta

You gotta grow down.

You gotta love your neighbor

You gotta enter through the narrow gate

You gotta bear good fruit

You gotta not murder with hate

And you gotta, gotta, gotta

You gotta grow down.

You gotta hunger and thirst for righteousness

You gotta be meek

You gotta be glad when you're persecuted

You gotta ask, knock, and seek

And you gotta, gotta, gotta

You gotta grow down.

You gotta have faith like a little child

You gotta care about the least

You gotta be last and not first

In a kingdom that will never cease

And you gotta, gotta, gotta

Gotta, gotta, gotta

You gotta, gotta, gotta grow down.


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