Moses went up Mount Nebo, the peak of Pisgah.
And the Lord showed him the whole land.
Here even today you can see far.
The view drops into endless sand.

Often in our own wilderness we can see a great distance.
But all we perceive in our mind’s eye is endless desert.
Of our blighted view we can make no sense.
No grinding perplexity can we avert.

Others may take the road happily forwards.
We are condemned to be buried here, we deplore.
We regret we were such a coward.
We could have achieved so much more.

But Moses for all his faults achieved so much.
We too can do a little with the help of his touch .

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Despite all our faults
We can  too achieve so much
No need for regrets

[See Deuteronomy 34:1-12]