Because We Pass This Way ...But Once

Because We Pass This Way… But Once

I shall pass this way but once; any good that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being; let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.

Etienne de Grellet

Quaker Missionary

Because we pass this way but once

And know only that which we learn

And learn only that which we earn

Through ephemeral experience

…because we never finish learning

We learn to appreciate

With kinder eyes and slower gait

This one-way path of no-returning

Because we are equipped with need

We need each other to lean on

Where each day, like a stepping-stone

Suffers the spawn of word and deed

Because we cannot retrace days

With more than wish or gratitude

We should practice an attitude

Of awe for mercy’s faithful ways

© Janet Martin

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Speaking of leaning on each other...or being 'knit together'...a beautiful post here!