This was a favourite poem of Margaret which she found in American book of poetry which was sent to me by a friend which I never read. Margaret was an avid reader when she had the time and would always point things out to me which she thought would interest me.
Margarets favourite poem -The Foot Path to Peace
To be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars: to be satisfied with your possessions but not contented with yourself until you have made the best of them: to despise nothing in the world except falsehood and meanness: and to fear nothing but cowardice; to be governed by your admirations rather than by your disgusts; to covet nothing that is your neighbours except his kindness of heart and gentleness of manners; to think seldom of your
enemies, often of your friends, and every day
of Christ: and to spend as much time as you can, with body and with spirit, in God’s out-of-doors …….these are the little guidepost on the footpath to peace.
Henry van Dyke (1852 ~1933)
Tony Hughes
26th March 2025