Life is a gift to be used every day, Not to be smothered and hidden away; It isn’t a thing to be stored in the chest Where you gather your keepsakes and treasure your best; It isn’t a joy to be sipped now and then, And promptly put back in a dark place again. Life [...]

When you suspect you’re going wrong, Or lack the strength to move along With placid poise among your peers, Because of haunting doubts or fears: It’s time for you to shift your pack, And steer upon another tack! When wind and waves assail your ship, And anchors from the bottom slip; When clouds of mist [...]

A builder builded a temple, He wrought it with grace and skill; Pillars and groins and arches All fashioned to work his will. Men said, as they saw its beauty, “It shall never know decay; Great is thy skill, O builder! Thy fame shall endure for aye.” A mother builded a temple With loving and [...]

It’s the steady, constant driving To the goal for which you’re striving, Not the speed with which you travel That will make the victory sure. It’s the everlasting gaining, Without whimper or complaining At the burdens you are bearing, Or the woes you must endure. It’s the holding to a purpose And the never giving [...]

Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried. So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin On his face.  If he worried he hid it. He started to sing as he [...]