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This Poem by Maya Angelou, expresses the life I want to live, and to encourage others to live.
Lord, build my courage to continue in Your word, and work in my time here on earth, to make this world a better place, changed and different because I came, and in doing so may it bring glory, honor, and praises to Your name. Amen
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”~ Galatians 6:9
CONTINUE: a poem
Maya Angelou
My wish for you
Is that you continue
Is that you continue
Continue
To be who and how you are
To astonish a mean world
With your acts of kindness
To astonish a mean world
With your acts of kindness
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To allow humor to lighten the burden
Of your tender heart
Of your tender heart
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In a society dark with cruelty
To let the people hear the grandeur
Of God in the peals of your laughter
To let the people hear the grandeur
Of God in the peals of your laughter
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To let your eloquence
Elevate the people to heights
They had only imagined
Elevate the people to heights
They had only imagined
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To remind the people that
Each is as good as the other
And that no one is beneath
Nor above you
Each is as good as the other
And that no one is beneath
Nor above you
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To remember your own young years
And look with favor upon the lost
And the least and the lonely
And look with favor upon the lost
And the least and the lonely
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To put the mantle of your protection
Around the bodies of
The young and defenseless
Around the bodies of
The young and defenseless
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To take the hand of the despised
And diseased and walk proudly with them
In the high street
Some might see you and
Be encouraged to do likewise
And diseased and walk proudly with them
In the high street
Some might see you and
Be encouraged to do likewise
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To plant a public kiss of concern
On the cheek of the sick
And the aged and infirm
And count that as a
Natural action to be expected
On the cheek of the sick
And the aged and infirm
And count that as a
Natural action to be expected
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To let gratitude be the pillow
Upon which you kneel to
Say your nightly prayer
And let faith be the bridge
You build to overcome evil
And welcome good
Upon which you kneel to
Say your nightly prayer
And let faith be the bridge
You build to overcome evil
And welcome good
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To ignore no vision
Which comes to enlarge your range
And increase your spirit
Which comes to enlarge your range
And increase your spirit
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To dare to love deeply
And risk everything
For the good thing
And risk everything
For the good thing
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To float
Happily in the sea of infinite substance
Which set aside riches for you
Before you had a name
Happily in the sea of infinite substance
Which set aside riches for you
Before you had a name
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And by doing so
You and your work
Will be able to continue
Eternally
You and your work
Will be able to continue
Eternally
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