This is a time for kindness
For courtesy, comfort, and care
Faced with a moment of crisis
Have patience, show mercy, forbear
Find a good cause and contribute
Your presence as well as your wealth
You’ll see it enhances your outlook
And what’s even better, your health
When living, live with vigor
When giving, give your all
Remember what the Romans learned
From Chapter 12, by Paul
If the gift you’ve been given is teaching
Decide on a way you can teach
If the talent you have is for service
Serve widely to all you can reach
If time is the gift you’ve been granted
There’s nothing so precious as time
And if you’ve been given a poet’s voice
Get out there and make something rhyme
And if I learned only one lesson
From those days when I studied the Bard
Tearing things down is easy
Building things up is hard.
