The Better Way

                How often we seek to be acknowledged,
             to be important to those perceived   important
             in the eyes of the world .  Desiring recognition,
             and acclaim for some striven talent, monetary                                       
             riches or secular goal
             Better it is,  to cultivate a kindly heart, and 
             the practice of  life charitably  lived;  To experience                                              
             love of family and faithfulness of friends


Listed below a few favorite books about family & friends


* Life With Father  by Clarence Day
* Little Women   by Louisa May Alcott
* Mama's Bank Account by Kathyrn McClean
* Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austin
* The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy 
* Bee Season by Myla Goldberg


* Friendship Poems  (anthology by Peter Washington -  includes Emily Dickinson,W.H. Auden, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Frost & more)