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I came across an inspiring poem when I was doing some reading in the 90s. The message that the poem is trying to bring across is to advise people to take time to do whatever you need to do.

Coincidently, one of my seniors also shared the same poem with me during the early days of my working life. She was full of enthusiasm to spread joy to others. I remember that my senior would grab whoever walk near her and read out the inspiring poem to the person.

She did it repeatedly without feeling tired or troublesome. However, my senior’s act made some of our colleagues feel that she was a bit insane and forceful. Anyway, I feel that she was just too passionate about bringing inspirational thoughts to others so as to help people to live a better life.

Want to know what it takes to Take Time To Do Whatever You Need To Do?

Here is the inspiring poem :

Take time to laugh
     It is the music of the soul.

Take time to think
     It is the source of power.

Take time to play
     It is the source of perpetual youth.

Take time to read
     It is the fountain of wisdom.

Take time to pray
     It is the greatest power on earth.

Take time to love and be loved
     It is a God-given privilege.

Take time to be friendly
     It is the road to happiness.

Take time to give
     It is too short a day to be selfish.

Take time to work
     It is the price of success.

~ ANONYMOUS

So, I think we need to really slow down at times and take the time to do whatever we need to do besides just working hard like a cow. After all, we are human beings rather than a working machine.

Thus, let us slow down a bit and learn to appreciate life.