I Wish

I Wish I wish you the courage to be warm when the world would prefer that you be cool. I wish you success sufficient to your needs; I wish you failure to temper that success. I wish you joy in all your days; I wish you sadness so that you may better measure joy. I wish you gladness to overbalance your grief. I wish you humor and a twinkle in your eye. I wish you glory and the strength to bear its burdens. I wish you sunshine on your path and health to carry you on your journey. I wish you peace -- in the world in which you live and in the smallest corner of you heart where truth is kept. I wish you faith -- to help define your living and your life. More I cannot wish you -- except perhaps love -- to make all the rest worthwhile. -Robert A. Ward