A Teacher's Prayer by Jill Wolf

I want to teach
my students more
than lessons in a book;

I want to teach them
deeper things
that people overlook-

The value of
a rose in bloom
its use and beauty, too;

A sense of curiosity
to discover
what is true;

How to think
and how to choose
the right above the wrong;

How to live
and learn each day
and grow up to be strong;

To teach them always
how to gain
in wisdom and in grace;

So they will someday
make the world
a brighter, better place.

Let me be
a friend and guide
to give these minds a start;

Upon their way
down life's long road
then I'll have done my part.

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