The Greatest Lesson

by Paula Dawidowicz

Once I walked through green valleys
with a Father who loved me,
who nurtured deep within me
serenity, purity.

He told me that I had grown
as much as I could at home,
and I soon the Earth would roam
using lessons I’d there known.

But the lesson most to see
was selflessness blesses me,
so to learn true charity
He would Earth life give to me.

Let me serve well all I may,
Living to give more each day,
So I may to Father say,
Charity brings joy each day.

Once I walked through green valleys
with a Father who loved me,
who taught me there how to see
the pure joy of charity.