Another fresh new year is here . . .
Another year to live!
To banish worry, doubt, and fear,
To love and laugh and give!
This bright new year is given [us]
To live each day with zest . . .
To daily grow and try to be
[Our] highest and [our] best!
[We] have the opportunity
Once more to right some wrongs,
To pray for peace, to plant a tree,
And sing more joyful songs!”
William Arthur Ward,
American dedicated scholar, author, editor, pastor and teacher