Take the 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 aren’t that great. You will find they are 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...I guess for everything that is relevant to your life....