Epipany

Epiphany, the 6th of January,
the Twelfth day of Christmas, 
time to take down the tree.
The manifestation of Christ 
to the Gentiles represented by the Magi.
Epiphany sans Christmas talk
is a manifestation of a divine 
or supernatural being.
a moment of sudden revelation or insight.
In Recovery it can be
personality changes, 
or religious experiences, 
in the nature of sudden 
and spectacular upheavals.
And some of us lament
the absence of suddenness,
feeling deprived to have
the “educational variety” 
developing slowly over a period of time.
If your friends see you change before you 
realize it’s come, your understanding grows
that you have tapped 
an unsuspected inner resource 
you may identify with 
as your own conception 
of a Power greater than themselves.
Whether sudden or gradual, celebrate 
your own epiphany today!

Adoration of the Magi by El Greco, 1568, 

Museo Soumaya, Mexico City