Building the Structure of One’s Future
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Build on resolve, and not upon regret,
The structure of
thy future. Do not grope
Among the
shadows of old sins, but let
Thine own soul’s
light shine on the path of hope
And dissipate
the darkness. Moist no tears
Upon the blotted
record of lost years,
But turn the
leaf, and smile, oh, smile, to see
The fair white
pages that remain for thee.
Prate not of thy
repentance. But believe
The spark divine
dwells in thee: let it grow.
That which the
unpreaching spirit can achieve,
The grand and
all creative forces know;
They will assist
and strengthen as the light
Lifts up the
acorn to the oak-tree’s height.
Thou hast but to
resolve, and lo! God’s [1] whole
Great universe
shall fortify thy soul.
NOTE:
[1] In esoteric philosophy, the word “God” means the
higher self, the spiritual soul, and the universal Law impersonally present in
everyone’s heart. (CCA)
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The above poem was published in our
associated websites on 01 August 2018. It was reproduced from the book
“Poetical Works of Ella Wheeler Wilcox”, by Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Edinburgh, UK,
W. P. Nimmo, Hay, & Mitchell, undated edition, probably 1917, see pp. 456-457.
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