Like to Love

We tend to come to love the ones we like,
like ones who have an open humble mind,
who work and do not wait for fate to strike,
who try hard to “be kind, be kind, be kind.”*

We like to be around a happy heart,
we’re glad to share their gladness when we fall,
we saw Blest Mother Theresa’s joy was smart,**
and Catholic nuns the happiest ones of all.***

Who can resist a brave and gentle soul,
that shows it cares by being sweetly active,
and draws us free, not trying to control,
with virtues that made Jesus so attractive?

Of course, it helps to be loved, Lord, like You
if one could work a miracle or two.

* Henry James’s advice to his nephew seeking his
fortune when asked for what was most important.

** Named by half of Americans in a 2000 poll
the most important person of the 20th century.

*** Discovered to be the happiest profession
of all in a U.S. survey two decades ago.

                     by Pete Voelz     4/30/14