[whoever]

For the night owls or early risers:

~ His Promise ~

Each time you greet a stranger
or share a heartfelt smile,
you pass along His kindness
and it lingers for a while.

Each time you help a friend out
or a neighbor you don't know,
You give of His compassion
and make the goodness grow.

Each time you stop to listen
or judge not anothers' trials,
You show His understanding
and it travels on for miles.

Each time you soothe a burdened heart
or shoulder someone's tears,
You spread His unconditional love
that lives through all the years.

Each time you "love thy neighbor"
as He has always loved you,
You light a candle of hope and joy
to last a lifetime through.

Although our lives may differ,
and our good and bad points too,
I know you are a special soul,
and He brightly shines through you!

[whoever]

DROP A PEBBLE

Drop a pebble in the water:
just a splash, and it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples
circling on and on and on,
Spreading, spreading from the center,
flowing on out to the sea.
And there is no way of telling
where the end is going to be.

Drop a pebble in the water:
in a minute you forget,
But there's little waves a-flowing,
and there's ripples circling yet,
And those little waves a-flowing
to a great big wave have grown;
You've disturbed a mighty river
just by dropping in a stone.
Drop an unkind word, or careless:
in a minute it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples
circling on and on and on.
They keep spreading, spreading, spreading
from the center as they go,
And there is no way to stop them,
once you've started them to flow.
Drop an unkind word, or careless:
in a minute you forget;
But there's little waves a-flowing,
and there's ripples circling yet,
And perhaps in some sad heart
a mighty wave of tears you've stirred,
And disturbed a life was happy
ere you dropped that unkind word.

Drop a word of cheer and kindness:
just a flash and it is gone;
But there's half-a-hundred ripples
circling on and on and on,
Bearing hope and joy and comfort
on each splashing, dashing wave
Till you wouldn't believe the volume
of the one kind word you gave.

Drop a word of cheer and kindness:
in a minute you forget;
But there's gladness still a-swelling,
and there's joy circling yet,
And you've rolled a wave of comfort
whose sweet music can be heard
Over miles and miles of water
just by dropping one kind word.