Do countless cares and duties cram
Your days, a dull relentless grind,
And yet, for all your faithfulness,
Bear meager fruit and with frustration
Fill your mind?
Then look about you and consider well
The promise of all nature's loveliness,
And watch how God unveils to you
His mode of work.
If you would make your life complete,
Let go the stress
And pause at times to see
A tremulous harebell flowering at your feet
Or, hidden in long grass, pure sparkling rills,
And after storms maybe
A double rainbow arching wooded hills.
Buoyant with hope and faith, no longer tired,
Go on your way refreshed, inspired
By beauty, order, vistas new;
Hold the new heaven and new earth in view.
By Mind empowered, your work will be transformed,
Deftly and willingly, with joy, performed.
