Everyone says my way of life is the way of a simpleton.

Being largely the way of a simpleton is what makes it worth while.

If it were not the way of a simpleton

it would long ago have been worthless,

These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose

And cherish:

To care,

To be fair,

To be humble.

When a man cares he is unafraid,

When he is fair he leaves enough for others,

When he is humble he can grow;

Whereas if, like men of today, he be bold without caring,

Self indulgent without without sharing,

Self important without shame,

He is dead.

The invincible shield

Of caring Is a weapon from the sky

Against being dead.