ENCOURAGEMENT
"Where there is hatred in this world,
let us bring love;
where there is injury, pardon'
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy."
May we always try to understand,
not just be understood;
hope to console, as well as to be consoled;
try to love, not just to be loved.
For it is in giving that we receive;
in serving others that we find
our deepest fulfillment;
in setting aside our focus on self
that we find the true meaning of life."
Amen
Based on a quote from Saint Francis of Assisi
Additional text by Suzanne Arlie
