Other souls are also hurting
and I know that it is God’s plan
to reach out to help another,
to extend to them my hand.

With this purpose as my focus -
to be a comfort to a friend,
all my troubles and my worries
seem to fade out in the end.

It is one of God’s true lessons
how my walk is meant to be,
true happiness I find when
life’s not only about me.

The secret of health for both mind and body is
not to mourn for the past, worry about the future,
or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment
wisely and earnestly.

-- Buddha