Of Life I Know

Of life I know there's little that I do know I've learned that one might say the hard way But spiritually we should not cease to grow And from the 'Book of life' a lesson every day. Respect and love of others out of love of self is born That's how it is and that's how 'twill always be 'If you cannot love yourself you cannot love anyone' A wise old lady once said that to me. A self taught person the years had left her gray Wisdom does not come with a university degree An unkind word of another I never heard her say Her insights live on in my memory. Self loathing is not healthy for the mind It can lead to crimes against humanity If you cannot love yourself then love in you is dead Since love of self gives birth to empathy. Every day we live from life something we learn For life 'twould seem is the best teacher of all We never do stop learning we are told The babe is learning before he or she does crawl. So little of life I know I do know And in that I am not one of a few From living we learn something every day Though on saying that I'm not saying anything that's new.