A permanent decision

A couple of years ago Cliff Golden shared a few thoughts with us when two
Scouts that he knew passed away, one from cancer. In his posting he
shared the following poem, which then as now says so much:

We can't know why the lily
has so brief a time to bloom
in the warmth of sunlight's kiss upon its face,

Before it folds it fragrance in
and bids the world good-night
to rest its beauty in a gentler place,

But we can know that nothing
that is loved is ever lost,
and no one who has ever touched a heart
can really pass away,

because some beauty lingers on
in each memory of which they've been a part.

Ellen Brenneman

Speaking only for myself in the Scouting Spirit, Michael F. Bowman
E-mail: mfbowman@capaccess.org Visit: ftp1.scouter.com/usscouts
U. S. Scouting Service Project FTP Site Administrator (PC Area)
Helping to deliver the promise of Scouting from Alexandria, Virginia

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