It’s been said that the light that shines the farthest shines the brightest at home. 

We all tend to begin our reforms too far away from home. In her poem, Wishing, Ella Wheeler Wilcox takes us to the heart of the matter:

The man who wishes improvement strongly enough to set to work on himself is the man who will obtain results.

 Do you wish the world were better?

  Let me tell you what to do.

 Set a watch upon your actions,

  Keep them always straight and true.

 Rid your mind of selfish motives,

  Let your thoughts be clean and high.

 You can make a little Eden

  Of the sphere you occupy.

 Do you wish the world were wiser?

  Well, suppose you make a start,

 By accumulating wisdom

  In the scrapbook of your heart;

 Do not waste one page on folly;

  Live to learn, and learn to live.

 If you want to give men knowledge

  You must get it, ere you give.

 Do you wish the world were happy?

  Then remember day by day

 Just to scatter seeds of kindness

  As you pass along the way,

 For the pleasures of the many

  May be ofttimes traced to one.

 As the hand that plants an acorn

  Shelters armies from the sun.

It’s my absolute privilege and joy to bring these words to life with my music. And with that, I proudly present to you:

Wish.