we have access to so much knowledge and yet so few of us are in touch with any of it and a great man can introduce us to something profound and simple and true
I have only just a minute. by Dr. Benjamin E. Mays
I have only just a minute,
Only sixty seconds in it.
Forced upon me, can’t refuse it.
Didn’t seek it, didn’t choose it.
But it’s up to me to use it.
I must suffer if I lose it.
Give account if I abuse it.
Just a tiny little minute,
but eternity is in it.
Interesting thought. I spent my 60 seconds reading and replying. I hope it was well spent.
mr Cummings said this poem when he was first a congressman and the simplicity and the depth of the poem moved not only me but many others