HELPING WHILE WE MAY

" . . . As we are hurrying on these busy days, do we see no signals of distress on life’s broad sea?

Do we hear no cries; no bitter wails from souls that are out on the angry waves? Do we heed the signals and hearken to the cries? Do we turn away from our business, our pleasure, our ease, our money getting, our petty ambitions, to carry rescue to those souls that are perishing, or that are in sorrow?

Or do we hurry on and say we have no time for these things, no time to save our brothers, no time to lift up fallen ones, no time to wipe away a tear? . . ." from HELPING WHILE ME MAY by J R Miller, 1893

"It only takes a minute, to say a word of cheer,
It only takes a minute, to dry a falling tear,
It only takes a minute, to lend a helping hand,
It only takes a minute, to try to understand,
It only takes a minute, to make and keep a friend,
It only takes a minute, to mend a broken heart,
It only takes a minute, to brighten someone's day,
Then use this very minute, before it slips away."

~ Phyllis C. Michael~
[art by Source of Joy Graphics]