This Moment

By Jennifer Bleeker

There is no written guarantee.

And things that happened yesterday,

Belong to history.

I cannot predict the future,

I cannot change the past.

I have just the present moment,

I must treat it as my last.

I must use the moments wisely,

For it will soon pass away.

And be lost to me forever,

As part of yesterday.

I must exercise compassion,

Help the fallen to their feet.

Be a friend unto the friendless,

Make an empty life complete.

The unkind things I do today,

May never be undone.

And friendship that I fail to win,

May never more be won.

I may not have another chance

On bended knee to pray,

And I thank God with humble heart,

For giving me this day.