I shall pass through life but once
Any good, therefore, that I can do
Or any kindness I can show
To any fellow creature
Let me do it now
let me not defer or neglect it
For I shall not pass this way again
Stephen Grellet
Category: Poetry
And your body is the harp of your soul
And your body is the harp of your soul
And it is yours to bring forth
Sweet music from it
Or confused sounds
Khalil Gibran
When someone goes out into his work
When someone goes out into his work
He is alive like a tree in spring
He is living, not merely working
There is no point in work
Unless it absorbs you
Like an absorbing game
If it doesn’t absorb you
If it is never fun, don’t do it!
D.H. Lawrence
The plough that cleaves the soil
The plough that cleaves the soil
Produces nurture
He that bestirs his feet
Completes the journey
A. P. Elkin
Then there is the peace of mind
Then there is the peace of mind
At the closing of the day
That comes with easy conscience
That we have done the best we may
But the lasting kind of peace
Comes from deep within
It grows to win
A peace with life itself
That runs along life’s way
It never lets you down
But grows from day to day
Wesley Curtwright
Count no day lost
Count no day lost
In which you waited your turn
Took your share
And sought advantage of none
Robert Brault
Courage is destiny
Question not, but live and labour
Till the goal is won
Helping every feeble neighbour
Seeking help from none
Life is mainly froth and bubble
Two things stand like stone
Kindness in another’s trouble
Courage in your own
Adam Lindsay Gordon
Become as you will be
Become as you will be
Forget all that was
Standalone yet be not apart
Give no offense yet be not defenceless
Acquire no more than you need
And you shall survive in plenty
Till twice tomorrow you shall wait
in silence. But deaf years of all
those who turned away shall once more
hear your voice
Robert Frost
To take a dream and to make it
To visualize
Just what might be
And then attempt
To make it so;
To take a dream and to make it
For all to see
Or let the probabilities
Come for all to know
Sam Hawkins
A flower lifts its face to the sun
A flower lifts its face to the sun
And opens up to warmth
It drinks in the flow of the rain
And grows as it stretches forth
The flower never looks behind
To the shadow it will cast
So, we should always look ahead
And not dwell in the time that past
Becky Hemsley