Happy New Year #"A Creed"

 

A new year . . . a new decade

 Every year people celebrate the ending of an old year, the beginning if a new one. Some of us make resolutions. Others take stock. We all wonder what the coming year holds. What will be written on its blank pages? New opportunities? New challenges? 

Over 100 years ago, Edgar A. Guest wrote a poem simply titled "A Creed." 

Decades later, it became a song, popularized by several artists, 

including the Statler Brothers and Glen Campbell. 

Let me be a little kinder,
Let me be a little blinder
To the faults of those around me,
Let me praise a little more;
Let me be, when I am weary
Just a little bit more cheery,
Let me serve a little better
Those that I am striving for.

Let me be a little braver

When temptation bids me waver,

Let me strive a little harder

To be all that I should be;

Let me be a little meeker

With the brother that is weaker,

Let me think more of my neighbor

And a little less of me.

Let me be a little sweeter,

Make my life a bit completer

By doing what I should do

Every minute of the day;

Let me toil, without complaining,

Not a humble task disdaining,

Let me think more of my neighbor

And a little less of me.

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What a wonderful world it would be if this became a universal New Year's resolution!

God bless and may 2020 be our best year ever.

Colleen

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