Aug.22.01: Light For The Day - "If I Can" The measure of a man's character is not  what he gets from his ancestors,  but what he leaves his descendants. ------------ -- Proverbs 13:22 (RSV) "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,  but the sinner’s wealth is laid up for the righteous." ------------- If I can throw a single ray of light across the darkened  pathway of another;  if I can aid some soul to clearer sight of life and duty,  and thus bless my brother;  if I can wipe from any human cheek a tear,  I shall not have lived my life in vain while here. If I can guide some erring one to truth, inspire within  his heart a sense of duty;  if I can plant within my soul of rosy youth a sense of right,  a love of truth and beauty;  if I can teach one man that God and heaven are near,  I shall not then have lived in vain while here. If from my mind I banish doubt and fear,  and keep my life attuned to love and kindness;  if I can scatter light and hope and cheer,  and help remove the curse of mental blindness;  if I can make more joy, more hope, less pain,  I shall not have lived and loved in vain. If by life's roadside I can plant a tree,  beneath whose shade some wearied head may rest,  though I may never share its beauty, I shall yet be truly blessed. Though no one knows my name,  nor drops a flower upon my grave,  I shall not have lived in vain while here." -- Anonymous. ---------------------- -- Psalms 25:12 (NLT) "Who are those who fear the LORD?  He will show them the path they should choose."