And I give these gifts by working hard -- by doing whatever I can do in the brief time I have been given to do it . I don ' t do so in every moment , it ' s true , and yet I repeatedly return to moments of selfless giving & acts of radical Kindness . I do so often , and I do so intensely .
For the harder I work , the more I give ... ... and the more I Give , the more I Live .
Indeed , life is no mere flickering candle to me , slowly burning over many a season to one day arrive at a faint and wispy end . No , I have chosen a different path -- I have chosen to live as a radiant torch ; a blazing flame that I am only assured of holding for this one moment . And while I ' ve got it in my hand , all I want to do is to make it burn as brightly as possible before passing it on to my future ' s bearers of its Love ' s great Light .
( inspired by George Bernard Shaw )
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