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Volunteer?
Posted on: December 31, 2012
Why volunteer you might say?
It does not come with any financial pay,
Not even a cent.
So it surely does not help your wallet and does not pay any rent.
You see it does pay for something,
It has a greater gift to bring.
Maybe not as tangible as money
But, sweeter in fact than any jars of honey
When you visit strangers and loved ones in need
That are possibly shut-ins or in group/nursing homes you are providing them with a love
To which their body can feed.
Some of these people are so lonely in fact
that they are feeling so forgotten,
At the moment when you walk into that room
A smile you will have gotten.
Maybe you need to visit poor
Aunt Nancy or dear Uncle Fred
because they had felt so saddened,
Making them feel
like never getting out of bed.
To think of the impact or difference each of us could make if we just took the time
or even for a few moments that is all it sometimes takes.
The reward is far greater
than any dime to accept,
as the warmth in your heart
that is what you will have kept,
such as like one’s stomach
who likes to dine or drink on fine wine.
As the loneliness that has been there for them,
as they had possibly shed a tear has been replaced by companionship,
and so lack of love they no longer fear.
Written By: Diane Van Bommel
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