Knelt beneath the window sill,

With both my eyes and heart quite filled,

I gazed into futurity,

And wondered what it held for me.

 

It seemed that then a thought was born—

The thought that I was only one,

The thought that all the world through,

A million girls were wondering, too.

 

It struck me then—life has a goal;

And though I wasn’t very old,

I knew each moment past was gone,

And wasted if not thought upon.

 

The idea that occurred to me

Was that a girl is like a tree;

Whatever shape it’s blown when young

Will be the figure it becomes.

 

And every thought I might allow—

The things I did and dreamed of now—

The vanities I deemed as fun,

Would build the woman I’d become.

 

Anonymous

“Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent the tree’s inclined.” From Alexander Pope’s Epistles to Several Persons (1732)–a proverbial saying, early 18th century; meaning that early influences have a permanent effect.

 

• Psalm 119:9–9 Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.

 

• Proverbs 20:11—Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

 

• 2 Timothy 3:15—And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

—Beth Johnson

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