You are richer today than you were yesterday if you have laughed often, given something, forgiven even more, made a friend or made stepping stones from stumbling blocks.
You are richer today than you were yesterday if you have thought more in terms of “thyself” than “myself,” or if you have managed to be cheerful even if you were weary.
You were richer tonight than you were this morning if you have taken time to trace the handiwork of God in the commonplace things of life, or if you have learned to count out things that really don’t count, or if you have been a little blinder to the faults of friend or foe.
You are richer if a little child has smiled at you, and a stray dog has licked your hand, or if you have looked for the best in others and have given others the very best in you.

    
God’s Kingdom is within us and heaven is “at hand.”
That means it’s all around us, now we can understand.
How true the Master’s teachings that all are sons of God –-
Both those who’ve ruled the nations and those whose feet have trod
The rutted rocky byways and yet have left their mark,
On the lives of those who’ve followed,
For each one is a Spark of the Perfect Light Eternal –-
A bit of God within—- that’s spotless when it comes there,
That spirit’s free from sin and always will be.
But we too are sons of man, confined
In earthly temples for a while with experiences to bind,
Or loose the fetters of our souls, till our real selves are free,
To seek the Giver of the Light. Remember: all will be.
The same as we on earth have been, but with all time to grow. Amen

    
May your angel smile beside you in the silken mist of dawn. When the blue of night is fading, and the stars are almost gone.