Show A Prayer f for or 1910 9 0 Today is New Years day A year ear o of f my life lies untouched before me mine me-mine mine to make what I will A year from today I shall be looking back and asking m myself elf what I have done with that year what year what I have achieved Help me on that d day y to be bo able to answer I daie dale not say what I have achieved but this I know that with all my heart I I have tried tried tried-to to care more for being than appearing good to think more moro of being lovable than being loved to be as well fortified as I could against evil and yet et to enjoy each happy day with all my heart even though I knew that evil was near to feel a personal responsibility for any wrong in the world that I could help to correct correct- to be as of other peoples people's sins and weaknesses as asI ast t I was int intolerant lerant of my own to be contented with my lot but healthily discontented with m myself self to cultivate that fine pride that forever keeps one above vanity to compare my achievements not with the achievements of other people but rather with my own highest possibilities to so live that I may pass along to those thos who come after me as high a standard of living and ideals as I received and last but not least to every day and every hour that humble and yet crucial quality the quality the fine art of being good to live with RUTH CAMERON I |