I found this quote as I was going through my dad’s personal files with him. As I started to read it, he recited it from memory. Clearly this is something that he made important enough to remember.
what it says:
“I follow this precious path but once. If there is any good deed along the way which I might perform, let me not neglect it. For I follow but once and never return.”
I know my dad has always been kind and service-oriented, but I never knew there was an inspiration behind it.
I looked it up to see who authored it and found this: “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.”, written by Etienne de Grellet, who was a Quaker missionary.
My dad didn’t have it exactly right, but he got the ethos of it right. More importantly he has lived by it, helping where he can and making that his priority.
As I watch my family helping in his care now, I know where we all got it from.
Try this ONE thing
Are you helping where you can? And doing it while you can, for none of us will pass this way again.
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