“I shall pass this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.”
My lovely friend went to Montana last summer with her family. While there, she went to Mass in the middle of nowhere. At the church, an older woman gave her a piece of paper with this quote typed on it. I have seen the quote attributed to William Penn as well as simply quoted as a Quaker saying. Regardless of its origin, it is a beautiful message. My lovely friend has treasured both the message and the encounter with the woman, and she recently shared it with a couple of us.
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