A Lesson Learned

A young boy once asked, "What must I do
To become a man." Then a voise said,
"Always be honest, Strive to be true."
"what is meant," the boy queeried,"by what you just said?"

"Be strong for the weaker,
Brave for the frightened.
Be an answer for the seeker,
A student unto the learned.
Be bold for the shy;
A voise for the silent.
Be joy for those who cry,
Forgivness for those who resent.
Be wisdom for the foolish,
And youth for the old.
Be love for the hatefull,
And wamth for the cold."

"Warmth for the cold," the young man repeated,
As he helped a poor crippled boy get out of the cold.
"What?" asked the little boy, puzzled at the man's kindness.
"Oh," said the man I was just thinking
Of the life lesson that I have been told.