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Yeah I know, this is deep and serious - two things I never want to be on this forum. I think this guy has a message worth relaying and that some around here might benefit from seeing it.
<center> The Footpath to Peace </center>
<center> Henry Van Dyke </center>
To be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars,
to be satisfied with your possessions but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them,
to despise nothing in the world except for falsehood and meanness and to fear nothing except cowardice,
to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts,
to covet nothing that is your neighbor’s, except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners,
to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends, and everyday of Christ,
and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit, in God’s out-of-doors,
these are little guide-posts on the footpath to peace.
<center> The Footpath to Peace </center>
<center> Henry Van Dyke </center>
To be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars,
to be satisfied with your possessions but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them,
to despise nothing in the world except for falsehood and meanness and to fear nothing except cowardice,
to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts,
to covet nothing that is your neighbor’s, except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners,
to think seldom of your enemies, often of your friends, and everyday of Christ,
and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit, in God’s out-of-doors,
these are little guide-posts on the footpath to peace.
