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> Hey Y'all, I get daily emails from Chicken Soup For The Soul and this one was just begging to be shared. Have a wonderful day. :O) Peace Pat > > > Take Some Time > > Take some time to smell the flowers > As you walk the paths of life. > Take some time to ease the tensions > From the challenges and the strife. > > Take some time to hear the birds sing > As they usher in the dawn. > Though the day be just emerging, > Too soon it will be gone. > > Take some time to watch a sunrise, > Now and then a sunset too. > Just be sure that seeking pleasure > Isn't all you ever do. > > Take some time to count your blessings, > Though you feel they're not that great. > You will find they're more abundant > Than you thought, at any rate. > > Take some time to banish hatred > When and where you can. > Just detest man's evil ways > And not your fellow man. > > Take some time to love your children > Every moment you are free. > The benefits exceedeth > A university degree. > > Take some time to love your neighbor > And even more important still, > Take some time to love yourself > Or not many others will. > > And if you don't like that image > Of yourself that others see, > Take some time to make some changes, > Be the best that you can be. > > Take some time to help another > Who you think might need a hand. > You will find the satisfaction > Leaves you feeling sort of grand. > > Take some time to live by virtue > In the best way that is known, > And respect the rights of others > As equal to your own. > > Take some time to just appreciate > The fact that you are here, > And to know that Higher Power > And to trust It without fear. > > If you do these things with diligence > You will eventually be glad. > If you don't attempt to do them > You may one day wish you had. > > Although this no doubt could impose > Upon your time for seeking wealth, > There should be little question > That it could improve your health. > > And though you might not be as wealthy > Nor drive so fine a car, > You'll find you will be richer > In other ways by far. > > By Leon Hansen > from A 6th Bowl of Chicken Soup for the Soul > Copyright 1999 by Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen > >