Merely to exist is not enough.
Life finds its wealth by the claims of the world, and its worth by the claims of love.
Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.
My fancies are fireflies Specks of living light twinkling in the dark.
And joy is everywhere; it is in the earth's green covering of grass; in the blue serenity of the sky.
When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing.