Taking Time

Take Time To Work-

it is the price of success.

Take Time To Think-

it is the source of power.

Take Time To Play-

it is the secret of youth.

Take Time To Read-

it is the foundation of knowledge.

Take Time To Meditate-

it is the highway of reverence
and washes the dust of earth from our eyes.

Take Time To Help
And enjoy Friends-

it is the source of happiness.

Take Time To Love-

it is the one sacrament of life.

Take Time To Dream-

it hitches the soul to the stars.

Take Time To Laugh-

it is the singing that helps
with life's loads.

Take Time To Plan-

it is the secret of being able
to have the first nine things.