Sometimes life brings a lamp of gold And puts it in our hands to hold; Sometimes she brings a step toward fame And leaves it somewhere near our name; Sometimes she brings true love to share With someone who was waiting there; Sometimes she brings us strength anew To finish tasks that we must do.
But greatest of the gifts she brings- A heart within that always sings No matter what its fate may be, A heart that's glad, a heart that's free, A heart that knows if raindrops fall The marigolds will then grow tall, A heart that takes what comes each day And makes the most of it some way, Content to feel a Higher Power Rules over every single hour, A heart that knows as time goes by It must not ask just how or why When life walks swiftly by its door And gives a fellow traveler more, A heart that knows some good shall come Not as it seemed to come to some But lowly, surely from above, In God's own time by His own love.
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Lord, help me live fromday to day
In such a self-forgetful way,
That even when I kneel to pray,
My prayer shall be for-others.
Help me in all the work I do,
To ever be sincere and true,
And know that all I'd do for you
Must needs be done for-others.
And when my work on earth
is done,
And my new work in Heaven's
begun,
May I forget the crown I've won,
While still thinking of-others.
-Charles D. Meigs.