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"You were put here for a reason"
Sometimes when the night grows long
and regrets run through your mind,
you look back on your life
and wonder what you've left behind.
*
You've won no fame or fortune,
no title, power or land.
No loyal group of followers,
no one at your command.
*
You brood on all the chances lost,
when you could have had the prize,
But fate stepped in and stole it
right before your very eyes.
*
Is there any hope for meaning,
any legacy to leave?
Any way to join the ranks of those
who struggle and achieve?
*
Then a small voice speaks inside you
of a deed done long ago,
a trifling thing or so it seemed.
You had no way to know.
*
Your kindly act of charity
that turned a life around
and set some soul back on the path
where freedom can be found.
*
If not for you would have gone undone,
only you could make it so.
You were put here for a reason, friend,
that only God can know.
Sometimes when the night grows long
and regrets run through your mind,
you look back on your life
and wonder what you've left behind.
*
You've won no fame or fortune,
no title, power or land.
No loyal group of followers,
no one at your command.
*
You brood on all the chances lost,
when you could have had the prize,
But fate stepped in and stole it
right before your very eyes.
*
Is there any hope for meaning,
any legacy to leave?
Any way to join the ranks of those
who struggle and achieve?
*
Then a small voice speaks inside you
of a deed done long ago,
a trifling thing or so it seemed.
You had no way to know.
*
Your kindly act of charity
that turned a life around
and set some soul back on the path
where freedom can be found.
*
If not for you would have gone undone,
only you could make it so.
You were put here for a reason, friend,
that only God can know.
