Making The Most Of Life.

If I can throw a single ray of light across the darkened pathway of another;

If I can aid some soul to clearer sight of life and duty, and thus bless my brother;

If I can wipe from any human cheek a tear, I shall not have lived my life in vain while here.

If I can guide some erring one to truth, inspire within his heart a sense of duty;

If I can plant within my soul of rosy youth a sense of right, a love of truth and beauty;

If I can teach one man that God and heaven are near, I shall not then have lived in vain while here.

If from my mind I banish doubt and fear and keep my life attuned to love and kindness;

If I can scatter light and hope and cheer and help remove the curse of mental blindness;

If I can make more joy, more hope, less pain, I shall not have lived and loved in vain.

If by life’s roadside I can plant a tree, beneath whose shade some wearied head may rest, though I may never share its beauty, I shall yet be truly blest - though no one knows my name, nor drops a flower upon my grave, I shall not have lived in vain while here.

~Author Unknown~