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  LIVE THE WORLD YOU WANT

                                     

    

IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE LOVING,
 BE LOVING;

 IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BE UNDERSTANDING,

   BE UNDERSTANDING;

IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO INVEST THEMSELVES

IN RELATIONSHIPS

AND

MAKE AN EFFORT

TO MAKE THEM WORK,

INVEST YOURSELF;

   IF YOU WANT A WORLD IN WHICH PEOPLE ARE LESS

GREEDY,
SHARE;

   IF YOU WANT A WORLD WITH LESS WAR,

 BE MORE AT PEACE WITH YOURSELF

AND

OTHERS;

 

  IF YOU WANT A WORLD IN WHICH MORE PEOPLE

  CONTRIBUTE,
 GIVE;

   IF YOU WANT A BETTER WORLD,

    BE A BETTER PERSON.

 

  EVEN IF OTHERS DO OTHERWISE,

YOU CAN KNOW

 THAT YOU ARE DOING

 WHAT YOU CAN DO

  TO MAKE THE WORLD
 A BIT BETTER

RATHER THAN WORSE;

    FOR THE WORLD IS SIMPLY YOU AND I MULTIPLIED,

AND MULTIPLIED,

THROUGHOUT TIME

AND IS NO BETTER

OR WORSE

   THAN YOU AND I MAKE IT. 

                                               

Clay Boland Jr.

  From LIVE THE WORLD YOU WANT:

    A HANDBOOK FOR STUDENTS OF LIFE