this I (Jesus) command you .. that you love one another .. If the world hates you .. you know that it has hated me before it hated you .. If you were of the world .. the world would love its own .. but because you are not of the world .. but I chose you out of the world .. because of this the world hates you ...... John 15:17-19 ....................................... There are two kinds of people on earth today, Two kinds of people, no more, I say. Not the good or the bad, for 'tis well understood, The good are half bad and the bad are half good. Not the happy and sad, for the swift-flying years Bring each man his laughter and each man his tears. Not the rich and the poor, for to count a man's wealth You must first know the state of his conscience and health. Not the humble and proud, for in life's busy span Who puts on vain airs is not counted a man. No! The two kinds of people on earth I mean Are the people who lift, and the people who lean. Wherever you go you will find the world's masses Are ever divided into these two classes. And, strangely enough, you will find, too, I wean, There is only one lifter to twenty who lean. This one question I ask. Are you easing the load Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the road? Or are you a leaner who lets others bear Your portion of worry and labor and care? -Ella Wheeler Wilcox 2
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