… a sign on the wall of a children’s home in Calcutta… reads:
TAKE TIME TO THINK
TAKE TIME TO PRAY
TAKE TIME TO LAUGH
IT IS THE SOURCE OF POWER
IT IS THE GREATEST POWER ON EARTH
IT IS THE MUSIC OF THE SOUL
TAKE TIME TO PLAY
TAKE TIME TO LOVE AND BE LOVED
TAKE TIME TO GIVE
IT IS THE SECRET OF PERPETUAL YOUTH
IT IS GOD”S GIVEN PRIVILEGE
IT IS TOO SHORT A DAY TO BE SELFISH
TAKE TIME TO READ
TAKE TIME TO BE FRIENDLY
TAKE TIME TO WORK
IT IS THE FOUNTAIN OF WISDOM
IT IS THE ROAD TO HAPPINESS
IT IS THE PRICE OF SUCCESS
TAKE TIME TO DO CHARITY
IT IS THE KEY TO HEAVEN.
From the book, ‘Mother Teresa, a Simple Faith’, Ballanitine Books 1995 p.114
(For each segment of two verses, pair each line with the third line below it. Thus ‘Take time to think’ pairs up with ‘It is the source of power’…)
No intention of ‘shouting’…this is the way it appears in the book. k
