"What is success?" I asked a tree,
Standing beside a wall.
The leaves looked down at me and said,
"Why, success is growing tall."
"What is success?" I asked a brook,
Gurgling through the leaves.
It laughing, dancing, said to me,
" A river, then to the sea."
"What is success?" I asked the bird,
Singing in the wood.
It answered me in lilting song,
"Success is gratitude."
"What is success?" I asked a man,
His cheek aglow with health.
He answered me with mighty scorn,
"Why, success is gaining wealth."
Then on bended knee I asked the Saviour,
"Who on the earth had trod",
And a wee small voice within me said,
"Success is knowing God".
By: Christian perspective contemporary youth issues
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