The Why’s of Life

To help those who cannot help themselves
To never show our burdens are heavy
To seek new ways of making them lighter
To ask for the strength
To give till it hurts
To sing
To praise
To live all of our days
In peace with
ourselves.

To be grateful
To rest only for the moment
To find solace in our friends
To counsel
To share
To dream of a better world
To work
To make it happen.

To examine
To ask
to never give up
or give in.

To lead
To follow
To always be true
To ourselves
To ask for nothing
In return except
For the encouragement
of those with
the temerity
the foresight
and the rage
to say
"Yes we can."