A recipe for thought: <br /> <br />Take a pair of scales <br />as large as the boundless human mind, <br />and into one scale <br />pour all the goodness in the world that you can see <br />carefully <br />and into the other, <br />all the evil in the world that you can see; <br />into the first scale now add <br />all the joy that you have known <br />(the joy of others you can never measure) <br />and into the other, all the misery, <br />(the misery of others you can never measure) : <br />into the first, add all the laughter you can remember, <br />and into the second, all the tears; <br /> <br />and now, from the cupboards of your heart, <br />add what you will <br />to either scale: <br />the hopes and fears <br />of all the years. <br /> <br />now give one day each year <br />to the watching of these scales <br />and see if slowly, gently, as we watch <br />with all our love <br />the scales <br />move<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/good-friday-2/
