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Poem★★★★Three rules for finding the best of life were given me by a teacher a number of years ago. I pass them on to you, for I have found that they do work. The rules are very simple. The first is ““Go”’; the second, ‘“‘Keep going,” and the third, ‘“‘Help someone else to go.”
“To go” necessitates having a goal in life. Christian- ity gives us a goal for our personal living, as we are told to pattern our lives after the life of Christ.
It also suggests something to do with our lives, as we are invited to share with Him in the building of the Kingdom of God on earth. Through prayer and faith we find the strength to keep going, and in working with Him we find the joy of serving others, and thus we lift life to a level a little nearer what He would have it to be.
The point
Three rules for life: have a goal (Christianity gives the pattern of Christ), keep going through faith, and help others go.