THE FOOT PATH TO PEACE by Henry Van Dyke

To be glad of life because it gives you

a chance to love and to work and to play

and to look up at the stars,

To be satisified with your possessions

but not contented with yourself until

you have made the best of them.

To despise nothing in the world

except falsehood

and meaness 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 every day of Christ,

And to spend as much time as you can

with body and with spirit

in God's out of doors--

These are the little guide-posts

on the footpath to peace.