(2 versions of this poem)

            "THE LAW OF LIFE"
         

              Whatever you give away today
              or think or say or do
              will multiply about tenfold
              and then return to you.
         
              It may not come immediately
              nor from the obvious source,
              but the LAW applies unfailingly
              through some invisible force.
         
              Whatever you feel about another,
              be it love or hate or passion,
              will surely bounce right back to you
              in some clear or secret fashion.
         
              If you speak about some person,
              a word of praise of two,
              soon tons of other people
              will speak kind words to you.
         
              Our thoughts are broadcasts of the soul,
              not secrets of the brain.
              Kind ones bring us happiness,
              petty ones, untold pain.
         
              Giving works as surely as
              reflections in a mirror.
              If hate you send, hate you'll get back,
              but loving brings love nearer.
         
              Remember, as you start this day,
              and duty crowds your mind,
              that kindness comes so quickly back,
              to those who first are kind!
         
              Let that thought and this one
              Direct you through each day....
              The only things we ever keep
              are the things we give away.

                             --Author Unknown--
         

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                               LIVING AND GIVING
     

              Whatever you give away today  or think  or say  or do
              Will multiply about tenfold and then return to you.
              It may not come immediately nor from the obvious source
              But the Law applies unfailingly through some invisible force.

              Whatever you feel about another,  be it love or hate or passion,
              Will surely bounce right back to you in some clear (or secret) fashion.
              If you speak about some person a word of praise or two,
              Soon, tens of other people will speak kind words of you.

              Our thoughts are broadcasts of the soul,  not secrets of the brain.
              Kind ones bring us happiness;  petty ones, untold pain.
              Giving works as surely as reflections in a mirror.
              If hate you send, hate you'll get back, but loving brings love nearer.

              Remember, as you start this day and duty crowds your mind,
              That kindness comes so quickly back to those who first are kind.
              Let that thought and this one direct us through each day...
              The only things we ever keep are the things we give away.

                                                 --Jerry Buchanan--