12.25.2013

a christmas exhortation by roger greeley.

That there may be love (I will be loving)
That there may be peace (I will be peaceful)
That there may be joy (I will be joyful)
That there may be warmth (I will be warm)
That there may be kindness (I will be kind)
That there may be friendship (I will be a friend)
When the candle is spent, and the yule log ash; and wreath removed
and the tree stand put away,
I shall keep alive, in my life, love-peace-joy
and kindness-friendship-and warmth. (at least I hope that I do,
for if I don't, the season passed me by 
without my even knowing it.)

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