WISHINGDo you wish the world were better?Let me tell you what to do:Set a watch upon your actions,Keep them always straight and true;Rid your mind of selfish motives;Let your thoughts be clean and high.You can make a little EdenOf the sphere you occupy.Do you wish the world were wiser?Well, suppose you make a start,By accumulating wisdomIn the scrapbook of your heart:Do not waste one page on folly;Live to learn, and learn to live.If you want to give men knowledgeYou must get it, ere you give.Do you wish the world were happy?Then remember day by dayJust to scatter seeds of kindnessAs you pass along the way;For the pleasures of the manyMay be ofttimes traced to one,As the hand that plants an acornShelters armies from the sun.
Do you wish the world were better?Let me tell you what to do:Set a watch upon your actions,Keep them always straight and true;Rid your mind of selfish motives;Let your thoughts be clean and high.You can make a little EdenOf the sphere you occupy.
Do you wish the world were wiser?Well, suppose you make a start,By accumulating wisdomIn the scrapbook of your heart:Do not waste one page on folly;Live to learn, and learn to live.If you want to give men knowledgeYou must get it, ere you give.
Do you wish the world were happy?Then remember day by dayJust to scatter seeds of kindnessAs you pass along the way;For the pleasures of the manyMay be ofttimes traced to one,As the hand that plants an acornShelters armies from the sun.