Ephesians 4:2 (NCV)
Always be humble, gentle, and patient, accepting each other in love.
This is the time of year when many are burdened with excess stress. The following poem offers an antidote for the stress that this time of year seems to bring. Perhaps you would like to embrace it as part of your purpose in 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, then, lived 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 have, then, lived in vain while here.
If from my mind I can banish doubt and fear
And keep my life attuned to truth, 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.
Perhaps this poem (author unknown) will give you a new sense of purpose during this sometimes stressful time of year. Why not offer a little more kindness, humility, gentleness, patience, and forgiveness (on purpose!) this holiday season? It probably will help someone de-stress.
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