Are 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.
Count up all your blessings, I’m sure they are not few,
That the dear lord daily just bestows on you.
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.
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.
