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July 2002, Volume 7, Issue 12   
Interconnection Between
Serenity and Happiness

Rev. Mark Connolly
Thought for the Month
The Eucharist
Rev. Paul Check
Saint of the Month
I Am the Nation
Otto Whittaker
Credits
 
Thought for the Month

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Talk happiness. The world is sad enough
Without your woe. No path is wholly rough;
Look for the places that are smooth and clear,
And speak of those, to rest the weary ear
Of Earth, so hurt by one continuous strain
Of human discontent and grief and pain.

Talk faith. The world is better off without
Your uttered ignorance and morbid doubt.
If you have faith in God, or man, or self,
Say so. If not, push back upon the shelf
Of silence, all your thoughts, till faith shall come;
No one will grieve because your lips are dumb.

Talk health. The dreary, never-ending tale
Of mortal maladies is more than stale.
One cannot charm, or interest, or please
By harping on that minor chord, disease.
Say you are well, or all is will with you,
And God shall hear your words and make them true.

- Ellen Wheeler Wilcox


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