Do you wish the world were better?
Let me tell you what to do.
Set a watch upon your actions.
Keep them always straight and true.
Rid your mind of selfish motives.
Let your thoughts be clean and high.
You can make a little Eden of the sphere you occupy.

Do you wish the world were wiser?
Well, suppose you make a start,
By accumulating wisdom in the scrapbook of your heart;
Do not waste one page on folly;
Live to learn, and learn to live.
if you want to give men knowledge,
You must get it, ere you give.

Do you wish the world were happy?
Then remember day by day
Just to scatter seeds of kindness, As you pass along the way,
For the pleasures of the many may be ofttimes traced to one.
As the hand that plants an acorn shelters armies from the sun.

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Wishing

Today before you think of saying an unkind word, think of someone who can’t speak
before you complain about the taste of your food, think of someone who has nothing to eat

Before you complain about your husband or wife, think of someone who’s crying out to God for a companion

Today before you complain about life, think of someone who went too early to heaven
Before you complain about your children, think of someone who desires children but they’re barren.

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Life is a gift