Warm and Dry

Take a little kindness
Sow it in the spring
Watch it grow in goodness
Till it covers everything

Take a little thoughtfulness
Grow it in the summer
Put it next to kindliness
Watch them grow much firmer

Take a lot of caring
Show it in the fall
Watch the seeds of sharing
Blossoming over all

Take some of these to everyone
In the winter of their years
Especially when they are all alone
With their worries and their fears.

This poem was written by Gladys Cannell. She feels that this poem sums up the care and support she receives at the Scholl Centre in IOM.

I think it is a beautiful poem about life. I saw it in the magazine Hospice News Spring 2008 and wanted to pass on the beauty of the poem. I hope you enjoy it too.

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