{"id":1850,"date":"2011-06-29T03:59:53","date_gmt":"2011-06-29T10:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theeduca.mywhc.ca\/?p=784"},"modified":"2011-06-29T03:59:53","modified_gmt":"2011-06-29T10:59:53","slug":"i-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ashlarcollege.ca\/ashlar-archived\/i-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"I Believe"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“I believe in the greatness of the individual and that I am in this world for a purpose, that purpose being to put back into life more than I have taken out;<\/p>\n

I believe in the integrity of other people, assured that they try as hard to follow the gleam, even as I;<\/p>\n

I believe in the gallantry of older people whose seasoned, experienced and steadfast devotion has preserved for me the precious heritage of the past;<\/p>\n

I believe in the magnificence of the past, knowing that without its storied wealth I would possess nothing;<\/p>\n

I believe in the challenge of the future and that I can spread it through cheerfulness, wholesome habits, sensible expenditure of energies and wise use of foods;<\/p>\n

I believe in the nobility of work as the creative expression of the best within me and as my sharing in easing the common load of all;<\/p>\n

I believe in the enrichment of play and laughter as the means of cleansing my body of staleness and my soul of bitterness;<\/p>\n

I believe in God, who testifies all these beliefs; He is the still small voice within, ever urging me toward the unattained.<\/p>\n

Since He cares for these things, I believe that even death cannot steal these precious possessions from me; \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0And whatever more I believe is entwined in those precious feelings that lie too deep for words.”<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Published in THE TRACING BOARD; GRS;<\/em><\/span>
\n December, 1977<\/em><\/span>
\nSubmitted by: D. Roy Murray<\/em><\/span>
\n King Solomon Lodge, No. 58, GRS<\/em><\/span>
\n Victoria Lodge, No. 13, GRA<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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