I Shall Not Pass This Way Again...

14 years ago the school librarians of my beloved high school were busy disposing and burning all the old books in the library shelves. I was a freshman then who loves books and was allowed by the librarians to bring home some of those.

One of those books entitled "Panorama of World Literature" was one of my favorites having easily torn pages due to age. At the very last page of the book is a poem entitled "I Shall Not Pass This Way Again" with a picture of two children holding hands while walking in a narrow path. The poem became one of my life's inspiration and I tried memorizing it so that when time comes that the book turns into dust, the thought of that very meaningful poem would remain in my memory till my last breath.

Since I shall never have to pass this way again, I'd like to take this once in a lifetime opportunity to share that wonderful poem written by an Anonymous author:

I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN

Thru this toilsome world, Alas!
Once, and only once I pass;

If a kindness I may show,
If a good deed I may do,
To a suff'ring fellow man,
Let me do it while I can;

No delay, for it is plain;
I SHALL NOT PASS THIS WAY AGAIN!