If you are tempted to reveal
A tale to you some has told
About another, make it pass
Before you speak. three gates of gold.
These narrow gates:
First, “Is it true??”
Then, “Is it needful??”
In your mind give truthful answer.
And the next is last and narrowest, “Is it Kind??”
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I wanted health and strength to do the great things,
Infirmity taught patience for each day.
My strength, as fleeting as a moth’s white wing,
Lift me dependent, that I might obey.
I wanted wealth for happiness and ease,
But poverty prevailed and made me wise.
I wanted power to conquer and to please,
But weakness made me see through other’s eyes.
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Read MoreAre you very weary?? Rest a little bit
In some quiet corner, fold your hand and sit.
Do not let the trials that have grieved you all the day
Haunt this quiet corner: drive them all the way!!
Let your heart grow empty of every thought unkind
That peace may hover round you, and joy may fill your mind.
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If you wake up in the morning
with your hardest job to do,
Don’t start the day with grumbling—
That won’t help you see it through.
Be glad for work that’s difficult,
For tasks that challenge you!
Workers find a thousand blessings
The idle never knew.
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I wanted health and strength to do great things,
Infirmity taught patience for each day.
My strength, as fleeting as a moth’s white wing,
Lift me dependent, that I might obey.
I wanted wealth for happiness and ease,
But poverty prevailed and made me wise.
I wanted power to conquer and please,
But the weakness made me see through other’s eyes.
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Read MoreA little more tired at the closed of day,
A little less anxious to have our way,
A little less ready to scold and blame,
A little more care for a brother’s name;
And so we are nearing the journey’s end,
Where time and eternity meet and bland.
A little less care fore bonds and gold,
A little more zeal for the [...]
Some things a man surely know,
If he is going to live or grow;
He needs to know that life is more
Than a man lays by in store,
That more than all he may obtain,
Contentment offers greater gain.
He needs to feel the trail of mirth,
To sense the beauty of the earth,
To know the joy that kindness brings
And all [...]
