Life doesn’t only preach
it teaches by example.

Live modestly & for others
it adds to your value, plain but simple.

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Rivers carry waters for all,

but itself.

it never crosses its banks

managing it flows & swells.

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Trees laden with fruit,
wait for others to relish them,
never asking who planted them,
or who would return to thank them

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The mountains stand tall,
yet never boast of their height,
watching the world below
in silence, day and night.

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And perhaps that is life—
to give without keeping count,
to grow without growing proud,
and to know when to stop
before the banks overflow.