Waste Wisely My Days

To awaken each morning with a smile brightening my face; 

to greet the day with reverence for the opportunities it contains;

to approach my work with a clean mind;

to hold ever before me, even in the doing of little things, the ultimate purpose toward which I am working; 

to meet men and women with laughter on my lips and love in my heart; to be gentle, kind, and courteous through all the hours;

to approach the night with weariness that ever woos sleep and the joy that comes from work well done 

This is how I desire to waste wisely my days.